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Where does “encyst” come from?

encyst (English) comes from English En-, from Middle English en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

encyst (English): To enclose within a cyst; To be enclosed within a...

Definitions

  1. To enclose within a cyst; To be enclosed within a...

Ancestry of “encyst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEn-—
2Middle Englishen-en-, in-
3Old Frenchen-en-
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “encyst”

  • encysted
  • unencysted
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →