Where does “underexperienced” come from?
underexperienced (English) comes from English experienced, from English experience, from Middle English experience, from Latin experientia, from Latin experiens, from Latin experior, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō — he, she.
underexperienced (English): Having had insufficient experience
Definitions
- Having had insufficient experience
Ancestry of “underexperienced”, step by step
underexperienced traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English experienced
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | experienced | Having experience and skill in a subject;... |
| 2 | English | experience | The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced... |
| 3 | Middle English | experience | — |
| 4 | Latin | experientia | a trial, proof, experiment; experimental... |
| 5 | Latin | experiens | testing, trying, experiencing |
| 6 | Latin | experior | I attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I... |
| 7 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 8 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |