Where does “enscroll” come from?
enscroll (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.
enscroll (English): To ornament with scrollwork
Definitions
- To ornament with scrollwork
Ancestry of “enscroll”, step by step
enscroll 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 scroll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scroll | A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed... |
| 2 | Middle English | scrowle | scroll, document, bill |
| 3 | Middle English | scrowe | bill, slip, bit of parchment |
| 4 | Old French | escroe | piece, strip (of something) |
| 5 | Latin | scrofa | sow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kerbʰ- | to scratch, scrape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |