Where does “environs” come from?
Environs comes from French environs, the plural of environ, meaning the surrounding area or neighborhood of a place.
environs (English): plural of environ The surroundings; the...
Definitions
- plural of environ The surroundings; the...
Ancestry of “environs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | environ | A surrounding area; To surround; to encircle |
| 2 | Middle English | enviroun | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | enviroun | — |
| 4 | Old French | environ | around |
| 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 |