Where does “innocent” come from?

Innocent comes from Old French inocent, from Latin innocens, formed from the prefix in- (not) and Latin nocens (harming), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- (to harm or kill).

innocent (English): Free from guilt, sin, or immorality; Bearing no...

Definitions

  1. Free from guilt, sin, or immorality; Bearing no...

Ancestry of “innocent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchinocent—
2Latininnocensharmless, inoffensive, innoxious; blameless,...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “innocent”

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