Where does “infanticid” come from?
infanticid (Romanian) comes from French infanticide, from Latin infanticida, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
infanticid (Romanian): infanticide
Definitions
- infanticide
Ancestry of “infanticid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | infanticide | infanticide murder of an infant |
| 2 | Latin | infanticida | a child-murderer, an infanticide |
| 3 | Latin | īnfāns | speechless, inarticulate |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |