Where does “insouciance” come from?
Insouciance comes from French insouciance, formed from the French prefix in- and Latin in-, both meaning "not," ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European ne, meaning "not."
insouciance (English): carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or...
Definitions
- carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or...
Ancestry of “insouciance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | insouciance | insouciance, unconcern |
| 2 | French | insouciant | carefree, without worries |
| 3 | French | souciant | worrying |
| 4 | French | soucier | to worry |
| 5 | Middle French | soucyer | to worry |
| 6 | Latin | sollicitō | to disturb, disquiet, stir, agitate, distress, harass, vex, make anxious |
| 7 | Latin | sollicitus | Thoroughly moved, agitated or disturbed;... |
| 8 | Latin | sollus | whole, entire, unbroken |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | solnos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sol(h₂)nós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |