Where does “endow” come from?

Endow comes from Middle English endowen, from Anglo-Norman endouer, built with Old French en- and Latin in-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne and -tis.

endow (English): To provide with a dower or a dowry; To give...

Definitions

  1. To provide with a dower or a dowry; To give...

Ancestry of “endow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishendowenTo endow with money, rights, advantages, or other...
2Anglo-Normanendouer
3Old Frenchdouerto endow
4LatindotoI endow
5Latindōsdowry
6Proto-Italicdōtis
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₃tisgiving
8Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “endow

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tisEvery word from Proto-Indo-European déh₃tisEvery word from Proto-Italic dōtis
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