Etymograph

English

insapient

From in- + sapient.

Formed from in- + sapient

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Middle English sapient ‘learned, wise’

English sapient

The story

For the regular formation, see insipient.

Today it means

adj Not sapient.

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

Etymograph / insapient