Where does “nequiens” come from?
nequiens (Latin) comes from Latin nequeo, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
nequiens (Latin): powerless
Ancestry of “nequiens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | nequeo | I am unable; I cannot |
| 2 | Latin | eō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |