Where does “enteni” come from?
enteni (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto en-, from Esperanto en, from Catalan en, from Latin Domine, from Latin die, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm — to be bright; sky, heaven.
enteni (Esperanto): to contain
Ancestry of “enteni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | en- | in; into |
| 2 | Esperanto | en | in, within, inside; into |
| 3 | Catalan | en | Personal article used before masculine given... |
| 4 | Latin | Domine | Guide, O Lord my God, my way by your sight |
| 5 | Latin | die | ablative singular of diēs; day; before the day |
| 6 | Latin | dies | A day, "particularly:" |
| 7 | Latin | diem | accusative singular of diēs |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |