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Where does “ingenuitas” come from?

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

ingenuitas (Latin): The condition of being free-born or noble;...

Definitions

  1. The condition of being free-born or noble;...

Ancestry of “ingenuitas”, 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 “ingenuitas”

  • ingenuity
  • overingenuity
  • ingenuitive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →