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Where does “enfermo” come from?

enfermo (Spanish) comes from Latin īnfirmus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

enfermo (Spanish): sick, ill

Definitions

  1. sick, ill

Ancestry of “enfermo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnfirmus—
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enfermo”

  • enfermero
  • enfermizo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →