Where does “infante” come from?

infante (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese infante, 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.

infante (Portuguese): infant; a soldier of the infantry; prince,...

Definitions

  1. infant; a soldier of the infantry; prince,...

Ancestry of “infante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseinfantechild; prince, infante
2Latinīnfāntem—
3Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infante”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →