Where does “enclaspment” come from?
enclaspment (English) comes from English enclasp, 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.
enclaspment (English): clasp; embrace
Definitions
- clasp; embrace
Ancestry of “enclaspment”, step by step
enclaspment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English enclasp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | enclasp | To hold in a clasp; to embrace |
| 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 |