Where does “envelopment” come from?
Envelopment derives from French enveloppement, combining French envelopper with the French -ment suffix, tracing through Middle French and Old French -ment to Latin -mentum and Latin in-.
envelopment (English): The act of enveloping; That which envelops; a...
Definitions
- The act of enveloping; That which envelops; a...
Ancestry of “envelopment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | enveloppement | enveloping, wrapping |
| 2 | French | envelopper | to wrap someone or something, to cover; to... |
| 3 | Middle French | enveloper | — |
| 4 | Old French | envoloper | — |
| 5 | Old French | en- | en- |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |