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Where does “infantaria” come from?

infantaria (Portuguese) comes from Italian infanteria, from Italian infante, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

infantaria (Portuguese): infantry

Definitions

  1. infantry

Ancestry of “infantaria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianinfanteria—
2Italianinfanteinfant; baby, infant; infanta
3Latinīnfāntem—
4Latinīnfāns—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →