Where does “inframundane” come from?
inframundane (English) comes from English infra, from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
inframundane (English): Lying or situated beneath the world
Definitions
- Lying or situated beneath the world
Ancestry of “inframundane”, step by step
inframundane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English infra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infra | Discussed later; Infrastructure |
| 2 | Latin | infra | below |
| 3 | Latin | īnferā | — |
| 4 | French | inférer | to infer |
| 5 | Latin | īnferō | to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English mundane
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mundane | Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to... |
| 2 | Middle English | mondeyne | — |
| 3 | Old French | mondain | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | mundanus | worldly, mundane; cosmopolitan |
| 5 | Latin | mundus | clean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mewH- | to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet |