Where does “enquicken” come from?
enquicken (English) comes from English quicken, from Middle English quikenen, from Middle English quiken, from Old English cwician, from Old English -ian, from Old English -ōjan, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.
enquicken (English): Imbue with divine vitality
Definitions
- Imbue with divine vitality
Ancestry of “enquicken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quicken | To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive;... |
| 2 | Middle English | quikenen | — |
| 3 | Middle English | quiken | — |
| 4 | Old English | cwician | to quicken; to come to life, become living; to... |
| 5 | Old English | -ian | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 6 | Old English | -ōjan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |