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Where does “infréquemment” come from?

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

infréquemment (French): infrequently; not often

Definitions

  1. infrequently; not often

Ancestry of “infréquemment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinfréquentinfrequent; rare
2Latininfrequensinfrequent, seldom, rare
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →