Where does “enfant” come from?

enfant (Norman) comes from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

enfant (Norman): child

Definitions

child

Ancestry of “enfant”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	enfant	child
2	Latin	īnfāntem	—
3	Latin	īnfāns	speechless, inarticulate
4	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
5	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
6	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7	Proto-Italic	en	in
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

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