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Where does “encasement” come from?

encasement (English) comes from English encase, from English En-, from Middle English en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

encasement (English): The act of encasing or something that encases;...

Definitions

  1. The act of encasing or something that encases;...

Ancestry of “encasement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishencaseTo enclose, as in a case
2EnglishEn-—
3Middle Englishen-en-, in-
4Old Frenchen-en-
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →