Etymograph

English

incogitancy

Incogitancy comes from Latin incōgitantia ‘thoughtlessness’, from cōgitāns ‘thinking’, and ultimately from cōgitō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōgitō‘think’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōgitāns‘thinking’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincōgitāns‘thoughtless, inconsiderate’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincōgitantia‘thoughtlessness’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1681incogitancy

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōgitō‘think’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōgitāns‘thinking’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincōgitāns‘thoughtless, inconsiderate’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincōgitantia‘thoughtlessness’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1681incogitancy

Earliest quotation: 1681, Joseph Glanvill: “'Tis folly and incogitancy to argue anything, one way…”

Every English word from Latin cōgitō

Today it means

noun A lack of thought or thinking.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin cōgitō / incogitancy

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