Where does “insouciant” come from?
insouciant (English) comes from French insouciant, from French souciant, from French soucier, from Middle French soucyer, from Latin sollicitō, from Latin sollicitus, from Latin sollus, from Proto-Italic solnos — whole.
insouciant (English): Casually unconcerned; carefree, indifferent,...
Definitions
- Casually unconcerned; carefree, indifferent,...
Ancestry of “insouciant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | insouciant | carefree, without worries |
| 2 | French | souciant | worrying |
| 3 | French | soucier | to worry |
| 4 | Middle French | soucyer | to worry |
| 5 | Latin | sollicitō | to disturb, disquiet, stir, agitate, distress, harass, vex, make anxious |
| 6 | Latin | sollicitus | Thoroughly moved, agitated or disturbed;... |
| 7 | Latin | sollus | whole, entire, unbroken |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | solnos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sol(h₂)nós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |