Where does “īnfāns” come from?

īnfāns (Latin) comes from Latin fari, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.

īnfāns (Latin): speechless, inarticulate

Definitions

  1. speechless, inarticulate

Ancestry of “īnfāns”, step by step

īnfāns traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfaripresent active infinitive of for; I speak, say;...
2Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
3Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking

via Latin fāns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfānsspeaking; saying

Words derived from “īnfāns”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti →Every word from Proto-Italic fāōr →Every word from Latin for →