Where does “infantile” come from?

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

infantile (Italian): infantile; infantile puerile, childish, babyish

Definitions

  1. infantile; infantile puerile, childish, babyish

Ancestry of “infantile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininfantilispertaining to an infant; infantile
2Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infantile

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