Where does “enjambement” come from?
enjambement (English) comes from French enjambement, from French enjamber, from French en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
enjambement (English): Alternative form of enjambment
Definitions
- Alternative form of enjambment
Ancestry of “enjambement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | enjambement | enjambment; crossing-over |
| 2 | French | enjamber | to straddle; to stride; to make an enjambment |
| 3 | French | en- | en- |
| 4 | Old French | en- | en- |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |