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English
Etymology
From Middle English incertayne, borrowed from Middle French incertain, derived in the 14th c. from certain, after Latin incertus (“uncertain”). By surface analysis, in- + certain.[1][2]
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incertain (comparative more incertain, superlative most incertain)
- (obsolete) Not certain, uncertain.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 71, column 2, lines 126–128:...or to be worse then worst
Of those, that lawlesse and incertaine thought,
Imagine howling, 'tis too horrible.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:And again, that as these acquisitions are in themselves generally worthless, so are the means to attain them not only base and infamous, but at best incertain, and always full of danger.
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French
Etymology
From in- + certain.
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incertain (feminine incertaine, masculine plural incertains, feminine plural incertaines)
- uncertain; unsure
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