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Where does “impormante” come from?

impormante (Tagalog) comes from Spanish informante, from Latin informans, from Latin īnfōrmō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impormante (Tagalog): informant

Definitions

  1. informant

Ancestry of “impormante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishinformanteinformant, telltale
2Latininformansforming, moulding, fashioning, giving shape to;...
3Latinīnfōrmō—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →