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Where does “ingente” come from?

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

ingente (Italian): great, considerable, enormous

Definitions

  1. great, considerable, enormous

Ancestry of “ingente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiningenshuge, vast, enormous; immoderate, exorbitant;...
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ingente”

  • ingentemente
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →