English
ignore
Ignore comes from French ignorer ‘to ignore’, from Latin īgnōrō ‘to have no knowledge of’, from PIE *ǵneh₃-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to recognise’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīgnōrō‘to have no knowledge of’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentignorer‘to ignore’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004ignore
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to recognise’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīgnōrō‘to have no knowledge of’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentignorer‘to ignore’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004ignore
Earliest quotation: 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?: “Ignore these four words.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, could, know, note, notice, normal, narrative, con, ken, recognize, recognition, keen, glory, noble, notion, cognitive, diagnostic, notorious, cunning, norm, narration, notation, nobility, quaint, cognition, prognosis, canny, incognito, notary, notoriety, connoisseur, gnome, agnostic, uncouth, canna, kith, annotate, cognizance, cun, gnosis, 91 more
Today it means
verb To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- / ignore