Where does “infirmité” come from?
infirmité (French) comes from Middle French infirmité, from Latin īnfirmitās, from Latin īnfirmus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
infirmité (French): disability, impairment; infirmity
Definitions
- disability, impairment; infirmity
Ancestry of “infirmité”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | infirmité | infirmity; disease or other medical condition |
| 2 | Latin | īnfirmitās | weakness, feebleness, infirmity |
| 3 | Latin | īnfirmus | weak, feeble |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |