Where does “instinctif” come from?

instinctif (French) comes from French instinct, from Latin īnstinctus, from Latin instinguo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

instinctif (French): instinctive

Definitions

instinctive

Ancestry of “instinctif”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	instinct	instinct; gut feeling
2	Latin	īnstinctus	instigation
3	Latin	instinguo	to incite, to instigate
4	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
5	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
6	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7	Proto-Italic	en	in
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “instinctif”

instinctive
instinktiv
instinktiv
instinctiv
instinctivement

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