Etymograph

English

Innocenti

Innocenti comes from Italian innocente ‘innocent’, from Latin innocēns ‘harmless, inoffensive’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- ‘perish, disappear’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*neḱ-‘perish, disappear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*noḱ-éye-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nokeō‘to harm, hurt, injure’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnoceō‘harm’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnocēns‘injuring, doing harm, hurting’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinnocēnsas innoc|ēns‘harmless, inoffensive’
  7. Italianc. 1300–presentinnocente‘innocent’
  8. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentInnocenti
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*neḱ-‘perish, disappear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*noḱ-éye-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nokeō‘to harm, hurt, injure’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnoceō‘harm’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnocēns‘injuring, doing harm, hurting’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinnocēnsas innoc|ēns‘harmless, inoffensive’
  7. Italianc. 1300–presentinnocente‘innocent’
  8. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentInnocenti
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- ‘perish, disappear’

nectar, obnoxious, necropolis, internecine, 20 more

through Latin noceō ‘harm’

nuisance, noxious, innocuous, 15 more

Today it means

name A surname from Italian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- / Innocenti

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