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Where does “inocence” come from?

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

Ancestry of “inocence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininnocentiainnocence; uprightness, integrity; vocative...
2Latininnocensharmless, inoffensive, innoxious; blameless,...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inocence”

  • innocence
  • noninnocence
  • pseudoinnocence
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →