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Where does “ignorantness” come from?

ignorantness (English) comes from English ignorant, from Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns, from Latin ignōrō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

ignorantness (English): The state or quality of being ignorant; ignorance

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being ignorant; ignorance

Ancestry of “ignorantness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishignorantUnknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by...
2Old Frenchignorant—
3Latinignōrāns—
4Latinignōrō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →