Where does “immaculate” come from?

Immaculate derives from Middle English immaculat, from Latin immaculatus, composed of the Latin prefix in- (from Latin in, from Proto-Indo-European ne) and Latin maculatus, meaning "spotted" or "stained."

immaculate (English): Having no stain or blemish; spotless, undefiled,...

Definitions

  1. Having no stain or blemish; spotless, undefiled,...

Ancestry of “immaculate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishimmaculat—
2Latinimmaculātusunstained
3Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “immaculate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →