Where does “en femme” come from?

en femme (French) comes 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.

Ancestry of “en femme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenin; to; by
2Middle Frenchenon; on to
3Old Frenchenin; inside; on; upon; in
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “en femme”

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