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

ignotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ignosco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinignoscoI forgive, pardon, excuse, overlook
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Latin nōtus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōtus
2Latinnōscōto become acquainted with something, learn about it, to be aware of
3Latingnōscō
4Proto-Italicgnōskōknow, get to know
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₃sḱétito recognise
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “ignotus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en