Where does “ignavo” come from?

ignavo (Italian) comes from Latin ignāvus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ignavo (Italian): said of a person who doesn't have moral strength, who is inert when choices need to be taken

Definitions

  1. said of a person who doesn't have moral strength, who is inert when choices need to be taken

Ancestry of “ignavo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinignāvuslazy, slothful, inactive, sluggish
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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