Where does “immunity” come from?
Immunity comes from Old French immunité, from Latin immunitas, a noun formation using the suffix -tas added to in- (the prefix in-) derived from Latin in, which traces back through Proto-Indo-European ne to the root h₁én meaning "not."
immunity (English): The state of being insusceptible to something;...
Definitions
- The state of being insusceptible to something;...
Ancestry of “immunity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | immunité | — |
| 2 | Latin | immunitas | freedom or exemption from taxes or public... |
| 3 | Latin | immūnis | free or exempt from taxes, public service, or penalty (+ ablative) |
| 4 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |