Etymology

ignoble

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Today it means: Not noble; plebeian; common. Full definition →

Middle French ignoble ← Latin ignōbilis
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  1. Latin · derived fromignōbilis
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromignoble
  3. English todayignoble

Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.