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
- innocent; an innocent; a naive person
Ancestry of “innocent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | inocent | — |
| 2 | Latin | innocens | harmless, inoffensive, innoxious; blameless,... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “innocent”