Latin nescius passes through Romance without preserving the full Latin ending.
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nice
silly, simple
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · ignorant adjectivenescius
ignorant; not knowing
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Ignorance becomes foolishness or simplicity in the French adjective.
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Nice — Word HistoryEtymology
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Connects Anglo-French nice with Latin nescius.
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