myEtymology.com: English etymology of disingenuous

Etymology of the English word disingenuous

the English word disingenuous

derived from the English word ingenuous

derived from the Latin word ingenuus (natural, indigenous; free-born)

derived from the Latin word gignere (give birth to, bring forth, bear)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *genə-

derived from the English word dis-

using the Latin prefix dis-