Etymology

unknowledgeableness

Today it means: The state or condition of being unknowledgeable; ignorance. Full definition →

English unknowledgeable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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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. Englishknowledge
  9. Englishknowledgeable
  10. Englishunknowledgeable
  11. English todayunknowledgeableness

From unknowledgeable + -ness.

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