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Where does “ignomínia” come from?

ignomínia (Portuguese) comes from Latin ignōminia, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ignomínia (Portuguese): ignominy, dishonour; shame; infamy

Definitions

  1. ignominy, dishonour; shame; infamy

Ancestry of “ignomínia”, step by step

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