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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
1Frenchinvolucre—
2Latininvolucrumwrapper, covering, case, envelope
3Latininvolvō—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “involucre”

  • involucred
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