Where does “enfranchise” come from?

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

enfranchise (English): To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically

Definitions

  1. To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically

Ancestry of “enfranchise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchenfranchirto set free, enfranchise
2Old Frenchen-en- in; into
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enfranchise”

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