Where does “ingenuus” come from?

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

ingenuus (Latin): natural, indigenous; freeborn; noble, upright,...

Definitions

  1. natural, indigenous; freeborn; noble, upright,...

Ancestry of “ingenuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
2Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
3Old Latinenin
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ingenuus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én