Where does “insanity” come from?
Insanity derives from French -ité, Latin -itas, Latin in and Proto-Indo-European ne, combined with Latin -itas and Proto-Indo-European -it-.
insanity (English): The state of being insane; madness
Definitions
- The state of being insane; madness
Ancestry of “insanity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | īnsānus | mad, insane, demented |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 3 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “insanity”