English
infantine
Infantine comes from French infantin.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentinfantin
- Englishearliest quotation 1840infantine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentinfantin
- Englishearliest quotation 1840infantine
Earliest quotation: 1840, Edgar Allan Poe: “Man, because he could not but acknowledge the majesty…”
Every English word from French infantin
Today it means
adj Infantile; childish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French infantin / infantine