Where does “instinto” come from?

instinto (Spanish) comes from Latin īnstinctus, from Latin instinguo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

instinto (Spanish): instinct; gut, gut feeling

Definitions

  1. instinct; gut, gut feeling

Ancestry of “instinto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnstinctusinstigation
2Latininstinguoto incite, to instigate
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “instinto

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