Where does “omninescient” come from?
omninescient (English) comes from English omni, from English omnivore, from Latin omnivorus, from Latin -vorus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
omninescient (English): ignorant
Definitions
- ignorant
Ancestry of “omninescient”, step by step
omninescient traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English omni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | omni | A person who is not vegan; one with no particular... |
| 2 | English | omnivore | An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore) |
| 3 | Latin | omnivorus | eating all things, all-devouring, omnivorous |
| 4 | Latin | -vorus | -eating, -devouring |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via English nescient
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nescient | An ignorant person; One who holds that only... |
| 2 | Latin | nesciens | not knowing; being ignorant |
| 3 | Latin | nesciō | to not know, to be ignorant, to not understand |
| 4 | Latin | sciō | to be able to, to know, understand, to have practical knowledge |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |