Where does “infinitivo” come from?

infinitivo (Italian) comes from Latin infinitivus, from Latin īnfīnītus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

infinitivo (Italian): infinitive

Definitions

  1. infinitive

Ancestry of “infinitivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininfinitivusunlimited, indefinite; infinitive; the infinitive
2Latinīnfīnītusboundless, unlimited, endless
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infinitivo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →