infante
Portuguese
/ ĩ.ˈfɐ̃.tɨ /, / ĩ.ˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi /
noun
Definitions
- infant very young human being
- (military unit) a soldier of the infantry
- prince, infante the son of a king in Spain and Portugal
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese infante derived from Latin infantem, infans (infant).
Origin
Latin
infantem, infans
Gloss
infant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- infante English
- infantem, infans Latin
- infantia Latin
- infanticida Latin
- infanticidium Latin
- īnfans Latin
- īnfāns Latin
- fanciullo Italian
- infante Italian
- bel-enfant French
- enfant French
- enfanter French
- enfantin French
- infante Spanish, Castilian
- enfant Old French
- infano Esperanto
- enfant Middle French
- infante Old Portuguese
- infant Slovak
- fantin Old Occitan
- ifante Old Spanish
- zanfan Mauritian Creole