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Where does “ingenuo” come from?

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

ingenuo (Italian): naive, ingenuous, candid; naif

Definitions

  1. naive, ingenuous, candid; naif

Ancestry of “ingenuo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiningenuusnatural, indigenous; freeborn; noble, upright,...
2Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
3Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
4Old Latinenin
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ingenuo”

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