Where does “inertitude” come from?
inertitude (English) comes from English inert, from French inerte, from Latin iners, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inertitude (English): inertness; inertia
Ancestry of “inertitude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | inert | Unable to move or act; inanimate; In chemistry,... |
| 2 | French | inerte | inert, inactive; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | iners | without skill, unskilled, unskillful,... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |