Where does “inocent” come from?
inocent (Old French) comes from Latin innocens, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Ancestry of “inocent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | innocens | harmless, inoffensive, innoxious; blameless,... |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “inocent”