Where does “enthrall” come from?

enthrall (English) comes from Middle English enthrallen, from Middle English en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

enthrall (English): To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or...

Definitions

  1. To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or...

Ancestry of “enthrall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishenthrallenTo bring into subjection
2Middle Englishen-en-, in-
3Old Frenchen-en- in; into
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enthrall”

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