Where does “enquote” come from?

enquote (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.

enquote (English): To place in quotation marks

Definitions

To place in quotation marks

Ancestry of “enquote”, step by step

enquote 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 quote

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	quote	A quotation; a statement attributed to a person;...
2	Middle English	quoten	—
3	Old French	coter	—
4	Medieval Latin	quotare	to distinguish by numbers, number chapters
5	Latin	quot	how many; as many
6	Proto-Italic	*kʷot	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Latin en →