Where does “safener” come from?

safener (English) comes from English safen, from English en, from French en, from Middle French en, from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

safener (English): A chemical used in a herbicide to minimize injury...

Definitions

  1. A chemical used in a herbicide to minimize injury...

Ancestry of “safener”, step by step

safener traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English safen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsafenTo make safe; To protect a crop from injury from...
2EnglishenAbbreviation of English; The name of the...
3Frenchenin; to; by
4Middle Frenchenon; on to
5Old Frenchenin; inside; on; upon; in
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Proto-Italic enEvery word from Latin en
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