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Where does “inconveniente” come from?

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

inconveniente (Italian): problem, trouble, hassle, hitch; drawback,...

Definitions

  1. problem, trouble, hassle, hitch; drawback,...

Ancestry of “inconveniente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininconveniensunsuitable; dissimilar
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →