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Where does “enfantement” come from?

enfantement (English) comes from French enfantement, from French enfanter, from French enfant, from Middle French enfant, from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn- — in.

enfantement (English): Act of giving birth

Definitions

  1. Act of giving birth

Ancestry of “enfantement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenfantementchildbirth
2Frenchenfanterto bear , bring into the world; to give birth; to...
3Frenchenfantchild
4Middle Frenchenfantchild
5Old Frenchenfantchild
6Latinīnfāntem—
7Latinīnfāns—
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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