Where does “ignore” come from?

Ignore comes from French ignorer, from Latin ignorare meaning "not to know," composed of the Latin prefix in- (from Latin in meaning "not") and a root from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning "not."

ignore (English): To deliberately not listen or pay attention to;...

Definitions

  1. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to;...

Ancestry of “ignore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchignorerto ignore; to be unaware of, to be ignorant of
2Latinignōrōto not know; to be unacquainted with; to be ignorant of
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “ignore

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃-
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