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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

Definitions

  1. powerless

Ancestry of “nequiens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinnequeoI am unable; I cannot
2Latineō—
3Proto-ItaliceōI go
4Proto-Italicejō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →