Where does “informedness” come from?

informedness (English) comes from English informed, from English inform, from French informe, from Latin informis, from Latin in- -is, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

informedness (English): the state or quality of being informed

Definitions

  1. the state or quality of being informed

Ancestry of “informedness”, step by step

informedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English informed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishinformedsimple past tense and past participle of inform;...
2EnglishinformTo instruct, train; To communicate knowledge to;...
3Frenchinformefirst-person singular present indicative of...
4Latininformisformless, shapeless; deformed; hideous, ugly
5Latinin- -isless, without, lacking
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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