Where does “enfance” come from?
enfance (Old French) 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.
enfance (Old French): childhood
Ancestry of “enfance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | īnfāntia | — |
| 2 | Latin | īnfāns | — |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “enfance”