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Where does “innocenter” come from?

innocenter (French) comes from French innocent, 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.

innocenter (French): to declare innocent, absolve

Definitions

  1. to declare innocent, absolve

Ancestry of “innocenter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinnocentinnocent; an innocent; a naive person
2Old Frenchinocent—
3Latininnocensharmless, inoffensive, innoxious; blameless,...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “innocenter”

  • innocentare
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