Where does “enfança” come from?

enfança (Occitan) comes from Latin īnfāntia, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

enfança (Occitan): childhood

Definitions

  1. childhood

Ancestry of “enfança”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnfāntiainability to speak, muteness, speechlessness; want of eloquence, ineloquence
2Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →