Where does “infant” come from?

infant (Catalan) comes from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

infant (Catalan): infant, child; infante; footsoldier

Definitions

  1. infant, child; infante; footsoldier

Ancestry of “infant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →