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Where does “enticeful” come from?

enticeful (English) comes from English entice, from Old French enticier, from Vulgar Latin intitiare, from Proto-Italic tītjō, from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- — to become hot, melt "or" to end.

enticeful (English): That has an ability or tendency to entice

Definitions

  1. That has an ability or tendency to entice

Ancestry of “enticeful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishenticeTo lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
2Old Frenchenticier—
3Vulgar Latinintitiare—
4Proto-Italictītjōheating
5Proto-Indo-Europeanteih₁-to become hot, melt "or" to end
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- →