Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/engents

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This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂énts.

Adjective

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*engents (comparative *engentjōs, superlative *engentisemos)[1]

  1. enormous

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Latin: ingens (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN