Where does “autoimun” come from?
autoimun (Romanian) comes from Romanian imun, from French immun, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis, from Latin in- -is, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
autoimun (Romanian): autoimmune
Definitions
- autoimmune
Ancestry of “autoimun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | imun | immune |
| 2 | French | immun | immune |
| 3 | Middle French | immun | — |
| 4 | Latin | immūnis | free or exempt from taxes, public service, or penalty (+ ablative) |
| 5 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |