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Where does “insipiently” come from?

insipiently (English) comes from English insipient, from Middle English insipient, from Old French insipient, from Latin insipiens, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

insipiently (English): In an insipient fashion

Definitions

  1. In an insipient fashion

Ancestry of “insipiently”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishinsipientfoolish; lacking wisdom; stupid
2Middle Englishinsipient—
3Old Frenchinsipient—
4Latininsipiensfoolish
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →