Latin
nescius
‘ignorant, not knowing’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin nescius.
4 English words in this record descend from Latin nescius, most familiar first.
- nice ← nyce
- nicely ← nycely ← nyce ← nice
- sciolism ← sciolus ← scius ← sciō
- sciolist ← sciolus ← scius ← sciō
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Etymograph / Latin nescius