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Where does “inverecund” come from?

inverecund (English) comes from Latin inverecundus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inverecund (English): Immodest; shameless

Definitions

  1. Immodest; shameless

Ancestry of “inverecund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininverecundusshameless; impudent
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →