Etymology

unknowing

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Today it means: Without knowing; ignorant. Full definition →

English knowing ← Middle English knowen ← Old English cnāwan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  9. Proto-Germanic*knēaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*knāan
  11. Old Englishcnāwan
  12. Middle Englishknowen
  13. Englishknow
  14. Englishknowing
  15. English todayunknowing

From un- + knowing.

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