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Where does “enchérir” come from?

enchérir (French) comes from French en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

enchérir (French): to make more expensive; to bid; to make a bid; to...

Definitions

  1. to make more expensive; to bid; to make a bid; to...

Ancestry of “enchérir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchen-en-
2Old Frenchen-en-
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enchérir”

  • renchérir
  • enchère
  • renchérissement
  • surenchère
  • enchérisseur
  • surenchérir
  • réenchérir
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