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Where does “infantswear” come from?

infantswear (English) comes from English infants, from English infant, from Middle English infaunt, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

infantswear (English): clothing designed for infants

Definitions

  1. clothing designed for infants

Ancestry of “infantswear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishinfantsplural of infant
2EnglishinfantA very young human being, from birth to somewhere...
3Middle Englishinfaunt—
4Latinīnfāntem—
5Latinīnfāns—
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →