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Where does “involucrum” come from?

involucrum (English) comes 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.

involucrum (English): A sheath that covers or envelopes, especially one...

Definitions

  1. A sheath that covers or envelopes, especially one...

Ancestry of “involucrum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininvolucrumwrapper, covering, case, envelope
2Latininvolvō—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →