Where does “inactive” come from?
inactive (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese inactivar, from Portuguese in-, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inactive (Portuguese): first-person singular present subjunctive of...
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Ancestry of “inactive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | inactivar | to inactivate |
| 2 | Portuguese | in- | un-; not |
| 3 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 4 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |