Where does “infallible” come from?
Infallible comes from Latin infallibilis, formed from the prefix in- and fallibilis, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning not.
infallible (English): Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or...
Definitions
- Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or...
Ancestry of “infallible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | īnfallibilis | — |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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