Where does “ingenu” come from?

ingenu (Catalan) comes from Latin ingenuus, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ingenu (Catalan): naive

Definitions

naive

Ancestry of “ingenu”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	ingenuus	natural, indigenous; freeborn; noble, upright,...
2	Latin	in-	un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
3	Latin	in	in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
4	Old Latin	en	in
5	Proto-Italic	en	in
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “ingenu”

ingènuament

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →