Where does “innocent” come from?

innocent (French) comes from Old French inocent, from Latin innocens, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

innocent (French): innocent; an innocent; a naive person

Definitions

  1. innocent; an innocent; a naive person

Ancestry of “innocent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchinocent—
2Latininnocensharmless, inoffensive, innoxious; blameless,...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “innocent”

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