infante

English

noun

Definitions

(historical) Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.

Etymology

Derived from Spanish, Castilian infante derived from Portuguese infante derived from Latin īnfāns (infant, speechless, little, mute, child, young).

Origin

Latin

īnfāns

Gloss

infant, speechless, little, mute, child, young

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Property

`Kanji`

若

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

infantia Latin
infanticida Latin
infanticidium Latin
īnfāns Latin
fanciullo Italian
infante Spanish, Castilian
infante Portuguese
enfant Old French
infante Old Portuguese
infant Slovak
fantin Old Occitan
ifante Old Spanish