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Where does “infinité” come from?

infinité (Old French) comes from Latin infinitas, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “infinité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininfinitasaccusative feminine plural of īnfīnītus;...
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infinité”

  • infinity
  • infinitieth
  • infillion
  • infinityfold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →