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Where does “uninquisitive” come from?

uninquisitive (English) comes from English inquisitive, from Old French inquisitif, from Latin inquisitivus, from Latin inquisitus, from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

uninquisitive (English): Not inquisitive; incurious, not inclined to seek...

Definitions

  1. Not inquisitive; incurious, not inclined to seek...

Ancestry of “uninquisitive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinquisitiveEager to acquire knowledge; Too curious; overly...
2Old Frenchinquisitif—
3Latininquisitivus—
4Latininquisitusinquired into; investigated, examined
5LatininquiroI seek after, search for, inquire into something;...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “uninquisitive”

  • uninquisitively
  • uninquisitiveness
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