Where does “desencaminar” come from?

desencaminar (Catalan) comes from Catalan encaminar, from Catalan en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

desencaminar (Catalan): to lead astray

Definitions

  1. to lead astray

Ancestry of “desencaminar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanencaminarto direct, to guide
2Catalanen-en- all meanings
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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