Where does “incautious” come from?

Incautious derives from Middle English in- added to cautious, with the prefix ultimately tracing through Latin in- and in to Proto-Indo-European ne, oyd-, and en.

incautious (English): careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution

Definitions

  1. careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution

Ancestry of “incautious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishin-in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...
2Middle Englishin-—
3Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
4Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
5Proto-West Germanic*in—
6Proto-Germanicinin; into
7Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “incautious”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →
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