Where does “ingenua” come from?

ingenua (Italian) comes from Italian ingenuo, from Latin ingenuus, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ingenua (Italian): female equivalent of ingenuo; feminine singular...

Definitions

female equivalent of ingenuo; feminine singular...

Ancestry of “ingenua”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	ingenuo	naive, ingenuous, candid; naif
2	Latin	ingenuus	natural, indigenous; freeborn; noble, upright,...
3	Latin	in-	un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
4	Latin	in	in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
5	Old Latin	en	in
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →