Question

what does the word infinitive mean?

Answer 1

the basic form of a verb, without an inflection binding it to a particular subject or tense (e.g., see in we came to see, let him see ).

Answer 2

Infinite in the sense of linguistics is coined as opposed to "finite"

Answer 3

Infinite means that it is not bounded by person and number

Answer 4

Infinitive is for example "to see", "to run" as opposed to "sees", "runs", ...

Answer 5

Note that the word "see" in "we see" is not an infinitive.

Answer 6

But the word "see" in "we help him see" is an infinitive.

Answer 7

this means that it hasn't declined yet with a pronoun (verb source)
for instance>>>>
(play) is in infinitive
(he plays)now this is a declension of the infinitive verb play with (he) pronoun