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Where does “enfonsar” come from?

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

enfonsar (Catalan): to cause to descend, to send down; to sink, to...

Definitions

  1. to cause to descend, to send down; to sink, to...

Ancestry of “enfonsar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanen-en-
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enfonsar”

  • enfonsament
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →