Where does “inertia” come from?
inertia (Latin) comes from Latin iners, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inertia (Latin): want of art or skill, unskillfulness, ignorance;...
Definitions
- want of art or skill, unskillfulness, ignorance;...
Ancestry of “inertia”, step by step
inertia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin iners
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | iners | without skill, unskilled, unskillful,... |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 3 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Proto-Italic enartjā
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Italic | enartjā | — |