Where does “innocentness” come from?
innocentness (English) comes from English innocent, from Old French inocent, from Latin innocens, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
innocentness (English): Quality of being innocent
Definitions
- Quality of being innocent
Ancestry of “innocentness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | innocent | Free from guilt, sin, or immorality; Bearing no... |
| 2 | Old French | inocent | — |
| 3 | Latin | innocens | harmless, inoffensive, innoxious; blameless,... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |