innocent
English
/ˈɪnəsn̩t/
adj
Definitions
- Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
- Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
- Naive; artless.
- (obsolete) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.
- (with of) Having no knowledge (of something).
- (with of) Lacking (something).
- Lawful; permitted.
- Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French inocent derived from Latin innocens (harmless, inoffensive, etc, innocent) root from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (disappear, perish).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*neḱ-
Gloss
disappear, perish
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- innocence English
- innocently English
- innocentness English
- necrotrophic English
- necrotrophy English
- noninnocent English
- pseudo-innocently English
- pseudoinnocent English
- *adnecāre Latin
- *adnecāre, *adnecare Latin
- enecāre Latin
- in- Latin
- innocens Latin
- innocentem Latin
- innocentia Latin
- innocuus Latin
- interneco Latin
- neco Latin
- necrologium Latin
- necāre Latin
- necāre, neco, necō Latin
- necō Latin
- nocens Latin
- nocentem Latin
- noceō Latin
- nocivus Latin
- nocumentum Latin
- nocuus Latin
- nocēbō Latin
- nocēns Latin
- nocēre Latin
- nocīvus Latin
- noxa Latin
- noxalis Latin
- noxia Latin
- noxitudo Latin
- noxius Latin
- noxālem Latin
- obnoxiosus Latin
- obnoxius Latin
- obnoxiōsus Latin
- perniciosus Latin
- annegamento Italian
- innocentemente Italian
- innocentismo Italian
- innocentista Italian
- innocentizzazione Italian
- innocuamente Italian
- innocuizzare Italian
- necrobiosi Italian
- necrobiotico Italian
- necrofagia Italian
- necrofagico Italian
- necrofago Italian
- necrofila Italian
- necrofilia Italian
- necrofilo Italian
- necrofito Italian
- necrofobia Italian
- necrofobico Italian
- necrofobo Italian
- necrolisi Italian
- necrologia Italian
- necrologico Italian
- necrologista Italian
- necropsia Italian
- necrormone Italian
- necroscopia Italian
- necroscopico Italian
- necroscopo Italian
- necrospermia Italian
- necrotizzare Italian
- necrotomia Italian
- necrotrofia Italian
- necrotrofismo Italian
- necrotrofo Italian
- negromante Italian
- nettario Italian
- nettarivoro Italian
- nettaroconca Italian
- nettarofago Italian
- nettaroteca Italian
- nettarovia Italian
- nocivamente Italian
- nocività Italian
- nuocere Italian
- innocenter French
- nocif French
- nocivité French
- parnuire French
- anegación Spanish, Castilian
- anegadizo Spanish, Castilian
- anegamiento Spanish, Castilian
- νέκρωσις Ancient Greek
- νέκταρ Ancient Greek
- νέκυς Ancient Greek
- νεκάς Ancient Greek
- νεκράγγελος Ancient Greek
- νεκραγωγέω Ancient Greek
- νεκραγωγός Ancient Greek
- νεκρο- Ancient Greek
- νεκρομαντεία Ancient Greek
- νεκροπόλεις Ancient Greek
- νεκροφόρος Ancient Greek
- νεκρωτικός Ancient Greek
- νεκρόμαντις Ancient Greek
- νεκρόπολις Ancient Greek
- νεκρός Ancient Greek
- νεκτάρεος Ancient Greek
- νεκυϊκός Ancient Greek
- νεκυϊσμός Ancient Greek
- νεκύδαλος Ancient Greek
- *neḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *neḱ-rós Proto-Indo-European
- *neḱ-tós Proto-Indo-European
- *noḱ-éye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *noḱéye- Proto-Indo-European
- *néḱ-tr̥h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *néḱ-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *néḱtr̥h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥ḱtu Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥ḱw-ó- Proto-Indo-European
- *tpelH- Proto-Indo-European
- नष्ट- Sanskrit
- नष्टचन्द्र Sanskrit
- inocent Old French
- înecare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- گناه Persian
- *ankus Proto-Celtic
- *neks Proto-Italic
- nuncenti Sicilian
- näk- Tocharian B
- ignôçant Bourguignon
- noghimentu Sardinian