Etymology

ignore

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Today it means: To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. Full definition →

French ignorer ← Latin īgnōrō ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  2. Latinīgnōrō
  3. Frenchignorer
  4. English todayignore

From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in- (“not”) + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know.

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