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Where does “ifante” come from?

ifante (Old Spanish) 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.

Ancestry of “ifante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnfāntem—
2Latinīnfāns—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ifante”

  • infantry
  • infantryman
  • infanta
  • infante
  • infantrywoman
  • infantería
  • infanterie
  • infanta
  • infante
  • infanteri
  • infanteri
  • infant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →