The story
- Latin · derived fromingenuus“ingenuous”
- French · borrowed fromingénu“guileless”
- English todayingenu
Borrowed from French ingénu (“guileless”), especially as used by Voltaire in L'Ingénu, from Latin ingenuus (“ingenuous”). Doublet of ingenuous.
Words from the same roots
Latiningenuus all →
ingenuousingenue
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.