Where does “inertie” come from?

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

inertie (French): inertia; lack of dynamism or forcefulness

Definitions

  1. inertia; lack of dynamism or forcefulness

Ancestry of “inertie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininertiawant of art or skill, unskillfulness, ignorance;...
2Latininerswithout skill, unskilled, unskillful,...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inertie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →