Where does “encagement” come from?
encagement (English) comes from English encage, from English en, from French en, from Middle French en, from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
encagement (English): Alternative form of incagement
Definitions
- Alternative form of incagement
Ancestry of “encagement”, step by step
encagement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English encage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | encage | To lock inside a cage; to imprison |
| 2 | English | en | Abbreviation of English; The name of the... |
| 3 | French | en | in; to; by |
| 4 | Middle French | en | on; on to |
| 5 | Old French | en | in; inside; on; upon; in |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |