Where does “encaixar” come from?
encaixar (Catalan) comes from Catalan en, from Latin Domine, from Latin die, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
encaixar (Catalan): to fit; to enclose; to shake hands
Definitions
- to fit; to enclose; to shake hands
Ancestry of “encaixar”, step by step
encaixar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | en | Personal article used before masculine given... |
| 2 | Latin | Domine | Guide, O Lord my God, my way by your sight |
| 3 | Latin | die | ablative singular of diēs; day; before the day |
| 4 | Latin | dies | A day, "particularly:" |
| 5 | Latin | diem | accusative singular of diēs |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Catalan caixa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | caixa | box; savings bank |
| 2 | Old Catalan | caixa | box |
| 3 | Old Occitan | caissa | — |
| 4 | Latin | Capsa | Gafsa |
| 5 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |