Where does “inerudite” come from?
inerudite (English) comes from Latin inērudītus, from Latin ērudītus, from Latin ērudiō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
inerudite (English): Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant
Definitions
- Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant
Ancestry of “inerudite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inērudītus | uninformed, uneducated |
| 2 | Latin | ērudītus | instructed, educated, cultivated, enlightened, learned |
| 3 | Latin | ērudiō | to instruct, to educate; to cultivate, to refine |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |