Where does “inert” come from?

inert (Romanian) comes from French inerte, from Latin iners, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inert (Romanian): inert

Definitions

inert

Ancestry of “inert”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	inerte	inert, inactive; first-person singular present...
2	Latin	iners	without skill, unskilled, unskillful,...
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

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