Where does “ignorelist” come from?

ignorelist (English) comes from English List, from French liste, from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

ignorelist (English): A kill file

Definitions

  1. A kill file

Ancestry of “ignorelist”, step by step

ignorelist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English List

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishListA strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth
2Frenchlistelist
3Germanlīstelist
4Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
5Old High Germanlīsta
6Proto-Germaniclīstōn

via English ignore

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishignoreTo deliberately not listen or pay attention to;...
2Frenchignorerto ignore; to be unaware of, to be ignorant of
3Latinignōrōto not know; to be unacquainted with; to be ignorant of
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn
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