Where does “enjinkap” come from?

enjinkap (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans enjin, from English engine, from Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

enjinkap (Afrikaans): hood US, bonnet UK

Definitions

  1. hood US, bonnet UK

Ancestry of “enjinkap”, step by step

enjinkap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans enjin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansenjinengine
2EnglishengineA large construction used in warfare, such as a...
3Middle Englishengynengine; Engyn, Middle English, noun - skill,...
4Anglo-Normanengine
5Old Frenchenginintelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;...
6Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
7Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
9Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
10Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Afrikaans kap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanskap
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁osEvery word from Proto-Italic genos