Where does “infinite” come from?

Infinite comes from Latin infinitus, formed from the prefix in- and the root infinitus meaning unbounded, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-.

infinite (English): Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense;...

Definitions

  1. Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense;...

Ancestry of “infinite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishinfinite
2Old Frenchinfinité
3Latininfinitasaccusative feminine plural of īnfīnītus;...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infinite

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én