Where does “inconvénient” come from?
inconvénient (French) comes from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconveniens, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inconvénient (French): inconvenience; drawback, disadvantage
Definitions
- inconvenience; drawback, disadvantage
Ancestry of “inconvénient”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | inconvenient | disadvantage; downside; negative aspect |
| 2 | Latin | inconveniens | unsuitable; dissimilar |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |