Where does “underenforcement” come from?
underenforcement (English) comes from English enforcement, from English enforce, from Middle English enforcen, from Old French enforcier, from Franco-Provençal forciér, from Latin fortio, from Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.
underenforcement (English): Inadequate enforcement
Definitions
- Inadequate enforcement
Ancestry of “underenforcement”, step by step
underenforcement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English enforcement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | enforcement | The act of enforcing; compulsion; A giving force... |
| 2 | English | enforce | To keep up, impose or bring into effect... |
| 3 | Middle English | enforcen | — |
| 4 | Old French | enforcier | to fortify; to strengthen; to strengthen; to... |
| 5 | Franco-Provençal | forciér | to force |
| 6 | Latin | fortio | I force |
| 7 | Late Latin | fortia | nominative neuter plural of fortis; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | fortis | strong, powerful; firm, resolute, steadfast,... |
| 9 | Old Latin | forctis | strong |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | forktis | strong, robust |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerǵʰ- | to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain |