Etymology

inexperienced

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Today it means: Not experienced; lacking knowledge because lacking experience. Full definition →

English experienced ← Middle English in- ← Latin in-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishexperience
  8. Englishexperienced
  9. English todayinexperienced

From in- + experienced.

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