Where does “ennoblize” come from?
ennoblize (English) comes from English en, from French en, from Middle French en, from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
ennoblize (English): To ennoble
Definitions
- To ennoble
Ancestry of “ennoblize”, step by step
ennoblize traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | en | Abbreviation of English; The name of the... |
| 2 | French | en | in; to; by |
| 3 | Middle French | en | on; on to |
| 4 | Old French | en | in; inside; on; upon; in |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English Noble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Noble | An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood |
| 2 | Middle English | noble | noble |
| 3 | Old French | noble | noble; upper-class; well-bred |
| 4 | Latin | nōbilis | noble, high-born |
| 5 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |