Where does “ingénue” come from?

ingénue (French) comes from Latin ingenuus, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ingénue (French): feminine singular of ingénu

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of ingénu

Ancestry of “ingénue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiningenuusnatural, indigenous; freeborn; noble, upright,...
2Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
3Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
4Old Latinenin
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ingénue”

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