Where does “enfant” come from?
enfant (French) comes from Middle French enfant, from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
enfant (French): child
Ancestry of “enfant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | enfant | child |
| 2 | Old French | enfant | child |
| 3 | Latin | īnfāntem | — |
| 4 | Latin | īnfāns | — |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “enfant”