Where does “ensconcement” come from?
ensconcement (English) comes from English ensconce, from English sconce, from Middle English sconce, from Old French esconse, from Latin absconsus, from Latin abscondō, from Latin condō, from Latin cōn- — resin.
ensconcement (English): act of ensconcing
Definitions
- act of ensconcing
Ancestry of “ensconcement”, step by step
ensconcement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ensconce
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ensconce | To place in a secure environment; To settle... |
| 2 | English | sconce | A fixture for a light; A head or a skull; A poll... |
| 3 | Middle English | sconce | — |
| 4 | Old French | esconse | — |
| 5 | Latin | absconsus | hidden, secret, concealed |
| 6 | Latin | abscondō | to hide, conceal, cover, shroud |
| 7 | Latin | condō | to put together |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |