Where does “involucre” come from?

involucre (English) comes from French involucre, from Latin involucrum, from Latin involvō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

involucre (English): Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts...

Definitions

  1. Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts...

Ancestry of “involucre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinvolucreinvolucre
2Latininvolucrumwrapper, covering, case, envelope
3Latininvolvōto roll to or upon something
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “involucre”

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