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

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