Where does “fanciullesco” come from?
fanciullesco (Italian) comes from Italian fanciullo, from Italian fancello, from Italian fanticello, from Italian fante, from Italian infante, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn- — in.
fanciullesco (Italian): children's, childish
Definitions
- children's, childish
Ancestry of “fanciullesco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fanciullo | boy, child |
| 2 | Italian | fancello | — |
| 3 | Italian | fanticello | — |
| 4 | Italian | fante | jack; knave |
| 5 | Italian | infante | infant; baby, infant; infanta |
| 6 | Latin | īnfāntem | — |
| 7 | Latin | īnfāns | speechless, inarticulate |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |