infante · noun1
- Latin · derived fromīnfāntem“child”
- Portuguese · derived frominfante
- Spanish · derived frominfante
- English todayinfante
From Spanish infante and Portuguese infante, both from Latin īnfāntem (“child”). Doublet of infant. Cognate with infantry.
Infante · proper noun2
From Spanish.
Words from the same roots
Spanishinfante all →
infanteerinfantier
Latinīnfāns all →
infantry
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.