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Where does “immolate” come from?

immolate (English) comes from Latin immolō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

immolate (English): To kill as a sacrifice; To destroy, especially by...

Definitions

  1. To kill as a sacrifice; To destroy, especially by...

Ancestry of “immolate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimmolō—
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “immolate”

  • immolatory
  • self-immolate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →