Where does “infant” come from?

Infant comes from Middle English infante, from Latin infantem, the accusative of infans, literally "unable to speak," from in- (not) and infans, the present participle of fāri (to speak).

infant (English): A very young human being, from birth to somewhere...

Definitions

  1. A very young human being, from birth to somewhere...

Ancestry of “infant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishinfauntbaby, infant
2Latinīnfāntem
3Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infant

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én