Etymology

disingenuousness

Today it means: The state or quality of being disingenuous. Full definition →

English disingenuous ← Latin ingenuu ← Middle English dis-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Latiningenuu
  11. Englishingenuous
  12. Englishdisingenuous
  13. English todaydisingenuousness

From disingenuous + -ness.

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