English
ignobility
Ignobility comes from Latin ignōbilitās ‘obscurity’, and goes back to ignōbilis.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEignōbilis‘unknown, obscure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEignōbilitās‘obscurity’
- Englishtodayignobility
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEignōbilis‘unknown, obscure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEignōbilitās‘obscurity’
- Englishtodayignobility
Equivalent to ignoble + -ity
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
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Latin nōscō ‘know, recognize’
Latin nōbilis ‘noble’
Latin ignōbilis ‘baseborn, of low birth, base-born, ignoble’
Middle French ignoble
English ignoble
Linked words
through Latin in- -is ‘without’
inform, immune, immunity, insomnia, impunity, indemnity, 7 more
Today it means
noun The state or condition of being ignoble.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ignōbilis / ignobility