Where does “empetitir” come from?

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

empetitir (Catalan): to make smaller or appear to make smaller, to shrink

Definitions

  1. to make smaller or appear to make smaller, to shrink

Ancestry of “empetitir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanen-en- all meanings
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →