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
- Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense;...
Ancestry of “infinite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | infinite | — |
| 2 | Old French | infinité | — |
| 3 | Latin | infinitas | accusative feminine plural of īnfīnītus;... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “infinite”