Latin nescīre contains the negative element ne- plus scīre “to know.”
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nescīre
not to know; to be unfamiliar with
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · know discernscīre
to know
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Knowing is negated: “know” becomes “not know, be unfamiliar with.”
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established — The internal Latin negative relationship is secure even though the deeper prehistory of scīre is disputed.
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Nice — Word HistoryKids Etymology
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Explicitly analyzes nescīre as ne- “not” plus scīre “to know.”
Nescience — Definition and Word HistoryDid You Know? and Word History: Etymology
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Analyzes the negative not-knowing formation through ne- and scīre.
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