Where does “ignorant” come from?

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

ignorant (Romanian): ignorant

Definitions

  1. ignorant

Ancestry of “ignorant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchignorantignorant; present participle of ignorer
2Latinignōrānsunknowing, being ignorant of
3Latinignōrōto not know; to be unacquainted with; to be ignorant of
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Latin ignōrō →Every word from Latin ignōrāns →