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Where does “insolate” come from?

insolate (English) comes from Latin insolatus, from Latin insolare, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

insolate (English): To dry in, or expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen...

Definitions

  1. To dry in, or expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen...

Ancestry of “insolate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininsolatus—
2Latininsolareto expose to the sun
3Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
4Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
5Old Latinenin
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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