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Where does “ignotus” come from?

ignotus (Latin) comes from Latin ignosco, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ignotus (Latin): forgiven; unknown, foreign, alien; strange, odd,...

Definitions

  1. forgiven; unknown, foreign, alien; strange, odd,...

Ancestry of “ignotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinignoscoI forgive, pardon, excuse, overlook
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ignotus”

  • ignote
  • ignoto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →