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Where does “entwine” come from?

Entwine comes from Middle English en- combined with twine, with the prefix en- deriving from Old French en-, Latin in-, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European h₁én meaning "in."

entwine (English): To twist or twine around something

Definitions

  1. To twist or twine around something

Ancestry of “entwine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEn-—
2Middle Englishen-en-, in-
3Old Frenchen-en-
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “entwine”

  • entwining
  • entwinement
  • disentwine
  • entwineth
  • entwiningly
  • entwinest
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →