Where does “inconvenient” come from?

inconvenient (Middle French) comes from Latin inconveniens, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inconvenient (Middle French): disadvantage; downside; negative aspect

Definitions

  1. disadvantage; downside; negative aspect

Ancestry of “inconvenient”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininconveniensunsuitable; dissimilar
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inconvenient”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →