Where does “immune” come from?
Immune comes from Middle French immun, from Latin immunis meaning exempt or free from obligation, composed of the Latin prefix in- and Latin in meaning within, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning not.
immune (English): Exempt; not subject to; Protected by inoculation,...
Definitions
- Exempt; not subject to; Protected by inoculation,...
Ancestry of “immune”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | immūnis | — |
| 2 | Latin | in- -is | — |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “immune”