Where does “ingénument” come from?
ingénument (French) comes from French ingénu, from Latin ingenuus, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
ingénument (French): frankly, openly; artlessly, ingenuously
Definitions
- frankly, openly; artlessly, ingenuously
Ancestry of “ingénument”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | ingénu | ingenuous |
| 2 | Latin | ingenuus | natural, indigenous; freeborn; noble, upright,... |
| 3 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 4 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |