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Where does “insouciamment” come from?

insouciamment (French) comes from French insouciant, from French souciant, from French soucier, from Middle French soucyer, from Latin sollicitō, from Latin sollicitus, from Latin sollus, from Proto-Italic solnos — whole.

insouciamment (French): carelessly; blithely

Definitions

  1. carelessly; blithely

Ancestry of “insouciamment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinsouciantcarefree, without worries
2Frenchsouciantworrying
3Frenchsoucierto worry
4Middle Frenchsoucyerto worry
5Latinsollicitō—
6LatinsollicitusThoroughly moved, agitated or disturbed;...
7Latinsolluswhole, entire, unbroken
8Proto-Italicsolnos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeansol(h₂)nós—
10Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂-whole
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