Etymograph

English

inexpert

Inexpert comes from Middle English inexpert.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inexpert
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inexpert
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Equivalent to in- ‘not’ + expert

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to provide’

…

Latin experior ‘to try’

Latin expertus ‘experienced’

Old French expert ‘experienced’

Middle English expert

English expert

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to provide, produce, beget’

part, empire, repair, preparation, imperial, para, parental, parcel, pare, imperious, imperium, 45 more

through Latin pariō ‘to bear, to give birth to’

parent, parity, 9 more

through Latin experior ‘test, attempt, experience’

experiment, 2 more

through Latin expertus ‘experienced’

expertise, 1 more

Today it means

adj Inept or unskilled; not of expert ability or quality.

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

Etymograph / Middle English inexpert / inexpert

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