Where does “enfant” come from?

enfant (Old French) comes 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 (Old French): child

Definitions

  1. child

Ancestry of “enfant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnfāntem—
2Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enfant”

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