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infant

[ in-fuhnt ]
/ ˈÉȘn fənt /
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noun
adjective
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Origin of infant

1350–1400; <Latin infant- (stem of infāns) small child, literally, one unable to speak, equivalent to in-in-3 + -fāns, present participle of fārī to speak; replacing Middle English enfaunt<Anglo-French <Latin, as above

OTHER WORDS FROM infant

in·fant·hood, nounin·fant·like, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for infant

infant
/ (ˈÉȘnfənt) /

noun
adjective
in an early stage of development; nascentan infant science or industry
law of or relating to the legal status of infancy

Derived forms of infant

infanthood, noun

Word Origin for infant

C14: from Latin infāns, literally: speechless, from in- 1 + fārī to speak
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