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Where does “inopiné” come from?

inopiné (French) comes from Latin inopinatus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inopiné (French): accidental, unexpected

Definitions

  1. accidental, unexpected

Ancestry of “inopiné”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininopinatusunexpected
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →