Where does “censier” come from?
censier (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French encensier, from Old French encens, from Latin incēnsum, from Latin incensus, from Latin incendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
Ancestry of “censier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | encensier | — |
| 2 | Old French | encens | incense |
| 3 | Latin | incēnsum | — |
| 4 | Latin | incensus | set on fire; burnt; excited |
| 5 | Latin | incendō | to set on fire, burn, kindle |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |