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Where does “instinctivement” come from?

instinctivement (French) comes from French instinctive, from French instinctif, from French instinct, from Latin īnstinctus, from Latin instinguo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

instinctivement (French): instinctively

Definitions

  1. instinctively

Ancestry of “instinctivement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinstinctivefeminine singular of instinctif
2Frenchinstinctifinstinctive
3Frenchinstinctinstinct; gut feeling
4Latinīnstinctus—
5Latininstinguoto incite, to instigate
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →