Where does “infinite” come from?

infinite (Middle English) comes from Old French infinité, from Latin infinitas, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “infinite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchinfinité
2Latininfinitasaccusative feminine plural of īnfīnītus;...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infinite

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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