Where does “ingenuously” come from?

Ingenuously comes from Latin ingenuus, formed from the prefix in- and the root meaning "not" (from Proto-Indo-European ne) combined with an element from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm.

ingenuously (English): In an ingenuous manner; frankly,...

Definitions

  1. In an ingenuous manner; frankly,...

Ancestry of “ingenuously”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingenuousNaive and trusting; Demonstrating childlike...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Proto-Italic enEvery word from Latin in-