Where does “environ” come from?

environ (English) comes from Middle English enviroun, from Anglo-Norman enviroun, from Old French environ, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

environ (English): A surrounding area; To surround; to encircle

Definitions

  1. A surrounding area; To surround; to encircle

Ancestry of “environ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishenviroun—
2Anglo-Normanenviroun—
3Old Frenchenvironaround
4Old Frenchen-en- in; into
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “environ”

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