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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—
3Latinīnfāns—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infante”

  • infanta
  • infante
  • infanta
  • infant
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