Where does “ingénue” come from?

ingénue (English) comes from French ingénue, from Latin ingenuus, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ingénue (English): Alternative spelling of ingenue

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of ingenue

Ancestry of “ingénue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchingénuefeminine singular of ingénu
2Latiningenuusnatural, indigenous; freeborn; noble, upright,...
3Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
4Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
5Old Latinenin
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ingénue”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →