Where does “infant” come from?
infant (Slovak) comes from Portuguese infanta, from Portuguese infante, from Old Portuguese infante, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
infant (Slovak): prince, infante
Definitions
- prince, infante
Ancestry of “infant”, step by step
infant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese infanta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | infanta | princess, infanta |
| 2 | Portuguese | infante | infant; a soldier of the infantry; prince,... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | infante | child; prince, infante |
| 4 | Latin | īnfāntem | — |
| 5 | Latin | īnfāns | speechless, inarticulate |
| 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 |