Where does “infante” come from?

infante (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish ifante, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

infante (Spanish): infant; infante; foot soldier, infantryman

Definitions

  1. infant; infante; foot soldier, infantryman

Ancestry of “infante”, step by step

infante traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish ifante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishifante
2Latinīnfāntem
3Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Latin infans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininfansspeechless, inarticulate; newborn; childish,...
2Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
3Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
4Old Latinenin

Words derived from “infante

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en