LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

īnstantāneus

īnstantāneus (feminine īnstantānea, neuter īnstantāneum)

Meaning

  1. adjectiveinstantaneous

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnstantāneusīnstantāneaīnstantāneum
genitiveīnstantāneīīnstantāneaeīnstantāneī
dativeīnstantāneōīnstantāneaeīnstantāneō
accusativeīnstantāneumīnstantāneamīnstantāneum
ablativeīnstantāneōīnstantāneāīnstantāneō
vocativeīnstantāneeīnstantāneaīnstantāneum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnstantāneīīnstantāneaeīnstantānea
genitiveīnstantāneōrumīnstantāneārumīnstantāneōrum
dativeīnstantāneīsīnstantāneīsīnstantāneīs
accusativeīnstantāneōsīnstantāneāsīnstantānea
ablativeīnstantāneīsīnstantāneīsīnstantāneīs
vocativeīnstantāneīīnstantāneaeīnstantānea

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*énu
  2. Latinīnstantāneus

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin īnstō Latin īnstantem Latin instantaneus From īnstantem.

Quick answers

What does īnstantāneus mean in Latin?
īnstantāneus, a adjective, means “instantaneous”.
Where does īnstantāneus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *énu → Latin īnstantāneus.