Where does “encroach” come from?
Encroach comes from Middle English encrochen, from Old French encrochier, combining the prefix en- with a root derived from Latin -arius and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ger- and h₁én.
encroach (English): to seize, appropriate; to intrude unrightfully on...
Definitions
- to seize, appropriate; to intrude unrightfully on...
Ancestry of “encroach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | encrochen | — |
| 2 | Old French | encrochier | to hook |
| 3 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 4 | Latin | herī | — |
| 5 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |
Words derived from “encroach”