Where does “ignorant” come from?

ignorant (German) comes from Latin ignōrāns, from Latin ignōrō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

ignorant (German): willfully ignorant, arrogantly disinterested in knowledge

Definitions

  1. willfully ignorant, arrogantly disinterested in knowledge

Ancestry of “ignorant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinignōrānsunknowing, being ignorant of
2Latinignōrōto not know; to be unacquainted with; to be ignorant of
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “ignorant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Latin ignōrō →Every word from Latin ignōrāns →
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