Where does “weighten” come from?

weighten (English) comes from English en, from French en, from Middle French en, from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

weighten (English): To add or give weight to; make heavy

Definitions

To add or give weight to; make heavy

Ancestry of “weighten”, step by step

weighten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English en

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	en	Abbreviation of English; The name of the...
2	French	en	in; to; by
3	Middle French	en	on; on to
4	Old French	en	in; inside; on; upon; in
5	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
6	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7	Proto-Italic	en	in
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via English weight

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	weight	The force on an object due to the gravitational...
2	Middle English	weight	—
3	Old English	wiht	creature, person, thing, being; weight
4	Latin	Vectis	Isle of Wight
5	Proto-Celtic	wextā	time, course, turn
6	Proto-Indo-European	weǵʰ-	to bring; to transport

Words derived from “weighten”

weightening

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