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Where does “infy” come from?

infy (English) comes from English infinite, from Middle English infinite, from Old French infinité, from Latin infinitas, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

infy (English): infinite

Definitions

  1. infinite

Ancestry of “infy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinfiniteIndefinably large, countlessly great; immense;...
2Middle Englishinfinite—
3Old Frenchinfinité—
4Latininfinitasaccusative feminine plural of īnfīnītus;...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →