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Where does “unexperienced” come from?

unexperienced (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.

unexperienced (English): Not experienced; not having acquired the...

Definitions

  1. Not experienced; not having acquired the...

Ancestry of “unexperienced”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexperiencedHaving experience and skill in a subject;...
2EnglishexperienceThe effect upon the judgment or feelings produced...
3Middle Englishexperience—
4Latinexperientiaa trial, proof, experiment; experimental...
5Latinexperienstesting, trying, experiencing
6LatinexperiorI attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I...
7Latinpariō—
8Latin-iō—
9Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she
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