Where does “uninform” come from?
uninform (English) comes from English inform, from French informe, from Latin informis, from Latin in- -is, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
uninform (English): To revert to an uninformed state; reverse the...
Definitions
- To revert to an uninformed state; reverse the...
Ancestry of “uninform”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inform | To instruct, train; To communicate knowledge to;... |
| 2 | French | informe | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | informis | formless, shapeless; deformed; hideous, ugly |
| 4 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |