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Where does “bioimmure” come from?

bioimmure (English) comes from English immure, from Middle French emmurer, from Old French enmurer, from Latin immūrō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

bioimmure (English): To imprint in the fossilized skeleton of another...

Definitions

  1. To imprint in the fossilized skeleton of another...

Ancestry of “bioimmure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimmureTo cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind...
2Middle Frenchemmurer—
3Old Frenchenmurer—
4Latinimmūrō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →