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nescio.

to not know, to be ignorant, to not understand

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈnɛs.ki.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈnɛʃ.ʃi.o]

  1. to not know, to be ignorant, to not understand

    conjugation-4
    nesciō quis
    nesciō quot
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *néder. Proto-Indo-European *méh₁ Proto-Indo-European *néh₁der. Proto-Italic *nē Archaic Latin nei Old Latin ne Latin ne- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin nesciō From ne- (“not”) + sciō (“to know”).

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