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Where does “infantcare” come from?

infantcare (English) comes from English infant, from Middle English infaunt, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

infantcare (English): The act of supervising and taking care of infants

Definitions

  1. The act of supervising and taking care of infants

Ancestry of “infantcare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinfantA very young human being, from birth to somewhere...
2Middle Englishinfaunt—
3Latinīnfāntem—
4Latinīnfāns—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →