Where does “ingenuous” come from?

Ingenuous comes from Latin ingenuus, formed from the prefix in- and the root ingenuus, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European ne and h₁én.

ingenuous (English): Naive and trusting; Demonstrating childlike...

Definitions

  1. Naive and trusting; Demonstrating childlike...

Ancestry of “ingenuous”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ingenuous”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Latin in- →