Where does “infimum” come from?
infimum (English) comes from Latin infimum, from Latin īnfimus, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér.
infimum (English): the greatest element of the containing set that...
Definitions
- the greatest element of the containing set that...
Ancestry of “infimum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | infimum | nominative neuter singular of īnfimus; accusative... |
| 2 | Latin | īnfimus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *(H)n̥dʰér | — |