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Where does “incauto” come from?

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

incauto (Portuguese): dupe, gullible, unwary, naive; careless

Definitions

  1. dupe, gullible, unwary, naive; careless

Ancestry of “incauto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinincautusincautious, heedless, reckless, unsuspecting,...
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →