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Where does “ingens” come from?

ingens (Latin) comes from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ingens (Latin): huge, vast, enormous; immoderate, exorbitant;...

Definitions

  1. huge, vast, enormous; immoderate, exorbitant;...

Ancestry of “ingens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīn-—
2Latinîn—
3Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ingens”

  • ingente
  • ingente
  • ingentemente
  • ingente
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →