English

indiligent

Indiligent comes from Latin indiligens ‘careless, heedless, negligent’, from dīligēns ‘diligent, careful, attentive’, and ultimately from dīligō ‘esteem, love’.

Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīligō‘esteem, love’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīligēns‘diligent, careful, attentive’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindiligens‘careless, heedless, negligent’
Englishearliest quotation 1623indiligent

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīligō‘esteem, love’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīligēns‘diligent, careful, attentive’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindiligens‘careless, heedless, negligent’
Englishearliest quotation 1623indiligent

Earliest quotation: 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine: “[…] fall upon the indiligent and undeserving”.

Equivalent to in- ‘not’ + diligent

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’

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Latin dīligō ‘to love, esteem much’

Latin dīligēns ‘careful, attentive, diligent’

Old French diligent

Middle English diligent

English diligent

Linked words

through Latin dīligō ‘esteem, love’

predilection, 3 more

through Latin dīligēns ‘diligent, careful, attentive’

diligence, 2 more

Today it means

adj Not diligent; idle, slothful.

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

Etymograph / Latin dīligō / indiligent

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