Where does “immure” come from?

immure (English) comes from Middle French emmurer, from Old French enmurer, from Latin immūrō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

immure (English): To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind...

Definitions

  1. To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind...

Ancestry of “immure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchemmurer—
2Old Frenchenmurerto immure (to enclose inside walls)
3Latinimmūrō—
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “immure”

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