Where does “infecund” come from?
infecund (English) comes from French infécond, from Latin infecundus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
infecund (English): infertile; unable or unwilling to produce...
Definitions
- infertile; unable or unwilling to produce...
Ancestry of “infecund”, step by step
infecund traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French infécond
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | infécond | infertile; unfruitful; unproductive |
| 2 | Latin | infecundus | unfruitful, infertile |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |