Etymology Explorer › EnglishWhere 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 Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense;... Ancestry of “infinite”, step by step Step Language Word Meaning 1 Middle English infinite — 2 Old French infinité — 3 Latin infinitas accusative feminine plural of īnfīnītus;... 4 Latin īn- un-, non-, not 5 Latin în in, at, on, upon, from (space) 6 Latin en lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ 7 Proto-Italic en in 8 Proto-Indo-European h₁én in
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