Where does “censer” come from?
Censer comes from Anglo-Norman censier, from Old French encensier, from Old French encens meaning incense, from Late Latin incensum, from Latin incendo meaning to set fire to.
censer (English): An ornamental container for burning incense,...
Definitions
- An ornamental container for burning incense,...
Ancestry of “censer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | censer | censer |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | censier | — |
| 3 | Old French | encensier | — |
| 4 | Old French | encens | incense |
| 5 | Latin | incēnsum | — |
| 6 | Latin | incensus | set on fire; burnt; excited |
| 7 | Latin | incendō | to set on fire, burn, kindle |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |