Where does “envisagement” come from?
envisagement (English) comes from English envisage, from French envisager, from French en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
envisagement (English): The act of envisaging
Definitions
- The act of envisaging
Ancestry of “envisagement”, step by step
envisagement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English envisage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | envisage | To conceive or see something within one's mind;... |
| 2 | French | envisager | to envisage; to contemplate |
| 3 | French | en- | en- all meanings |
| 4 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |