Where does “zanfan” come from?

zanfan (Réunion Creole French) comes from French enfant, from Middle French enfant, from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

zanfan (Réunion Creole French): child

Definitions

  1. child

Ancestry of “zanfan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenfantchild
2Middle Frenchenfantchild
3Old Frenchenfantchild
4Latinīnfāntem
5Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en