Where does “durcissement” come from?
durcissement (French) comes from French durcir, from French endurcir, from French en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
durcissement (French): hardening
Ancestry of “durcissement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | durcir | to harden; to harden, become more serious |
| 2 | French | endurcir | to harden; to harden, inure |
| 3 | French | en- | en- |
| 4 | Old French | en- | en- |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |