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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchencensier—
2Old Frenchencensincense
3Latinincēnsum—
4Latinincensusset on fire; burnt; excited
5Latinincendō—
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “censier”

  • censer
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