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Where does “indésirable” come from?

indésirable (French) comes from French in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

indésirable (French): unwanted; undesirable

Definitions

  1. unwanted; undesirable

Ancestry of “indésirable”, step by step

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