English
inadvertence
Inadvertence comes from Middle French inadvertance.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inadvertance
- Englishearliest quotation 1990inadvertence
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inadvertance
- Englishearliest quotation 1990inadvertence
Earliest quotation: 1990, Gerald Burns, A thing about language: “The size is an inadvertence like the tailor's stitches,…”
Every English word from Middle French inadvertance
Today it means
noun The state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French inadvertance / inadvertence