Where does “enceinte” come from?
Enceinte comes from Old French enceinte, from Latin incincta, the feminine past participle of incinctus, derived from the verb cingo meaning to gird or encircle, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kenk-.
enceinte (English): Pregnant; An enclosure; The line of works forming...
Definitions
- Pregnant; An enclosure; The line of works forming...
Ancestry of “enceinte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | enceinte | pregnant; enclosure, compound; interior |
| 2 | Old French | enceinte | pregnant |
| 3 | Latin | incincta | nominative feminine singular of incīnctus;... |
| 4 | Latin | incinctus | draped, wreathed, surrounded |
| 5 | Latin | incingo | I gird, wrap around, surround |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |