Where does “enceinte” come from?
enceinte (French) comes from Old French enceinte, from Latin incincta, from Latin incinctus, from Latin incingo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
enceinte (French): pregnant; enclosure, compound; interior
Definitions
- pregnant; enclosure, compound; interior
Ancestry of “enceinte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | enceinte | pregnant |
| 2 | Latin | incincta | nominative feminine singular of incīnctus;... |
| 3 | Latin | incinctus | draped, wreathed, surrounded |
| 4 | Latin | incingo | I gird, wrap around, surround |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |