Where does “uninformed” come from?
Uninformed comes from English informed, which derives from English formed, itself from Proto-Indo-European óynos and Latin in-, combining Latin in meaning "not" with Ancient Greek μορφή meaning "form."
uninformed (English): Not informed; ignorant; Not imbued with life or...
Definitions
- Not informed; ignorant; Not imbued with life or...
Ancestry of “uninformed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | informed | simple past tense and past participle of inform;... |
| 2 | English | inform | To instruct, train; To communicate knowledge to;... |
| 3 | French | informe | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | informis | formless, shapeless; deformed; hideous, ugly |
| 5 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |