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Where does “innocentare” come from?

innocentare (Italian) comes from French innocenter, from French innocent, from Old French inocent, from Latin innocens, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

innocentare (Italian): To declare innocent, absolve

Definitions

  1. To declare innocent, absolve

Ancestry of “innocentare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinnocenterto declare innocent, absolve
2Frenchinnocentinnocent; an innocent; a naive person
3Old Frenchinocent—
4Latininnocensharmless, inoffensive, innoxious; blameless,...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →