Etymograph

English

infanthood

From infant + -hood.

Formed from infant + -hood

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’

Latin fāns ‘speaking’

Latin īnfāns ‘an infant’

Anglo-Norman enfaunt

Middle English infaunt ‘baby, infant’

English infant

Today it means

noun Infancy.

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

Etymograph / infanthood