unwitting

Signification (Anglais)

  1. Unaware or uninformed; oblivious.
  2. Unintentional.

Opposé de
aware, cognizant, deliberate
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Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle English unwittinge, unwitand, from Old English unwitende (“unwitting; not knowing; unaware; unconscious”), from Proto-Germanic *unwitandz (“not knowing”), equivalent to un- + witting. Cognate with West Frisian ûnwittend, Dutch onwetend, German Low German unwetend, German unwissend and unwissentlich, Icelandic óvitandi.

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