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Where does “noninfantile” come from?

noninfantile (English) comes from English infantile, from Latin infantilis, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

noninfantile (English): Not infantile

Definitions

  1. Not infantile

Ancestry of “noninfantile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinfantilePertaining to infants; Childish; immature
2Latininfantilispertaining to an infant; infantile
3Latinīnfāns—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →