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Where does “fancello” come from?

fancello (Italian) comes from Italian fanticello, from Italian fante, from Italian infante, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

Ancestry of “fancello”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfanticello—
2Italianfantejack; knave
3Italianinfanteinfant; baby, infant; infanta
4Latinīnfāntem—
5Latinīnfāns—
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “fancello”

  • fanciullaggine
  • fanciullo
  • fanciullezza
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →