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Where does “ignote” come from?

ignote (English) comes from Latin ignotus, from Latin ignosco, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ignote (English): unknown; One who is unknown

Definitions

  1. unknown; One who is unknown

Ancestry of “ignote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinignotusforgiven; unknown, foreign, alien; strange, odd,...
2LatinignoscoI forgive, pardon, excuse, overlook
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →