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Where does “infanta” come from?

infanta (Spanish) comes from Spanish Infante, from Old Spanish ifante, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

infanta (Spanish): princess

Definitions

  1. princess

Ancestry of “infanta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishInfante—
2Old Spanishifante—
3Latinīnfāntem—
4Latinīnfāns—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infanta”

  • infanta
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →