Where does “engorgement” come from?
Engorgement comes from French engorger, from the French prefix en- combined with gorger, ultimately deriving from Latin in- and -are verb formatives traceable to Proto-Indo-European ne.
engorgement (English): The act of swallowing greedily; The process or...
Definitions
- The act of swallowing greedily; The process or...
Ancestry of “engorgement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | engorge | To devour something greedily, gorge, glut; To... |
| 2 | French | engorger | to clog, clog up, congest |
| 3 | French | en- | en- all meanings |
| 4 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |