Where does “encirer” come from?

encirer (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.

encirer (French): to wax, wax up

Definitions

  1. to wax, wax up

Ancestry of “encirer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchen-en- all meanings
2Old Frenchen-en- in; into
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →