Where does “infanterie” come from?

infanterie (Dutch) comes from French infanterie, from Italian fanteria, from Italian fante, from Italian infante, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

infanterie (Dutch): The infantry, non-mounted troops, notably on land

Definitions

  1. The infantry, non-mounted troops, notably on land

Ancestry of “infanterie”, step by step

infanterie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French infanterie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinfanterieinfantry
2Italianfanteriainfantry
3Italianfantejack; knave
4Italianinfanteinfant; baby, infant; infanta
5Latinīnfāntem
6Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Latin infante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininfanteablative singular of īnfāns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en