Where does “Infinitive” come from?

Infinitive (English) comes from Latin infinitivus, from Latin īnfīnītus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Infinitive (English): The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood)

Definitions

  1. The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood)

Ancestry of “Infinitive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininfinitivusunlimited, indefinite; infinitive; the infinitive
2Latinīnfīnītusboundless, unlimited, endless
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “Infinitive”

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