Where does “ensile” come from?
ensile (English) comes from French ensiler, from Spanish ensilar, from Spanish en-, from Old Spanish en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
ensile (English): To preserve in a silo
Ancestry of “ensile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ensiler | to store in a silo |
| 2 | Spanish | ensilar | — |
| 3 | Spanish | en- | en- |
| 4 | Old Spanish | en- | — |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |