Where does “enceinter” come from?
enceinter (French) comes from French enceinte, from Old French enceinte, from Latin incincta, from Latin incinctus, from Latin incingo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
enceinter (French): To make pregnant; to knock up
Definitions
- To make pregnant; to knock up
Ancestry of “enceinter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | enceinte | pregnant; enclosure, compound; interior |
| 2 | Old French | enceinte | pregnant |
| 3 | Latin | incincta | nominative feminine singular of incīnctus;... |
| 4 | Latin | incinctus | draped, wreathed, surrounded |
| 5 | Latin | incingo | I gird, wrap around, surround |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |