Where does “inocență” come from?
inocență (Romanian) comes from French innocenter, from French innocent, from Old French inocent, from Latin innocens, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
inocență (Romanian): innocence
Definitions
- innocence
Ancestry of “inocență”, step by step
inocență traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French innocenter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | innocenter | to declare innocent, absolve |
| 2 | French | innocent | innocent; an innocent; a naive person |
| 3 | Old French | inocent | — |
| 4 | Latin | innocens | harmless, inoffensive, innoxious; blameless,... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via French innocence
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | innocence | innocence |
| 2 | Old French | inocence | — |
| 3 | Latin | innocēntia | innocence |
| 4 | Latin | nocentia | nominative neuter plural of nocēns; accusative... |