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Where does “unperceivingness” come from?

unperceivingness (English) comes from English unperceiving, from English perceiving, from English perceive, from Old French percevoir, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic.

unperceivingness (English): Lack of perception

Definitions

  1. Lack of perception

Ancestry of “unperceivingness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunperceivingNot perceiving; devoid of perception
2Englishperceivingpresent participle of perceive; The act by which...
3EnglishperceiveTo become aware of, through the physical senses...
4Old Frenchpercevoirto notice; to become aware
5Latinpercipiō—
6Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
7LatinAd—
8Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
9Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
10LatinolleArchaic form of ille
11Proto-Italic*olnos—
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