Where does “ignoree” come from?
ignoree (English) comes from English ignore, from French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
ignoree (English): A person who is ignored
Ancestry of “ignoree”, step by step
ignoree traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ignore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ignore | To deliberately not listen or pay attention to;... |
| 2 | French | ignorer | to ignore; to be unaware of, to be ignorant of |
| 3 | Latin | ignōrō | to not know; to be unacquainted with; to be ignorant of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
via English EE
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | EE | Initialism of electrical engineering |
| 2 | Cantonese | 噫 | — |