Where does “infinitiva” come from?
infinitiva (Ido) comes from Ido infinitivo, from Latin infinitivus, from Latin īnfīnītus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
infinitiva (Ido): infinitive
Definitions
- infinitive
Ancestry of “infinitiva”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | infinitivo | infinitive |
| 2 | Latin | infinitivus | unlimited, indefinite; infinitive; the infinitive |
| 3 | Latin | īnfīnītus | boundless, unlimited, endless |
| 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 |