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
- disadvantage; downside; negative aspect
Ancestry of “inconvenient”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | inconveniens | unsuitable; dissimilar |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “inconvenient”