Late Latin nescientia is built on the present-participial stem nescient- of nesciens.
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nescientia
ignorance; lack of knowledge
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · not knowing participlenesciens
not knowing; ignorant
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A not-knowing person or state supplies the abstract noun for ignorance.
Late Latin derivation.
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supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Derives nescientia from the participial stem nescient- and nesciens.
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