Where does “instinctiv” come from?
instinctiv (Romanian) comes from French instinctif, from French instinct, from Latin īnstinctus, from Latin instinguo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
instinctiv (Romanian): instinctive
Definitions
- instinctive
Ancestry of “instinctiv”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | instinctif | instinctive |
| 2 | French | instinct | instinct; gut feeling |
| 3 | Latin | īnstinctus | instigation |
| 4 | Latin | instinguo | to incite, to instigate |
| 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 |