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Where does “informed” come from?

Informed comes from Latin informis, formed from the Latin prefix in- and Latin mórphē, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne.

informed (English): simple past tense and past participle of inform;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of inform;...

Ancestry of “informed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinformTo instruct, train; To communicate knowledge to;...
2Frenchinformefirst-person singular present indicative of...
3Latininformisformless, shapeless; deformed; hideous, ugly
4Latinin- -is—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “informed”

  • uninformed
  • underinformed
  • informedness
  • informedly
  • uninformedness
  • uninformedly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →