Where does “fante” come from?

fante (Italian) comes from Italian infante, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

fante (Italian): jack; knave

Definitions

  1. jack; knave

Ancestry of “fante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianinfanteinfant; baby, infant; infanta
2Latinīnfāntem—
3Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “fante”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →