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Where does “informe” come from?

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

informe (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “informe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininformisformless, shapeless; deformed; hideous, ugly
2Latinin- -is—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →