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Where does “encrier” come from?

encrier (French) comes from French encre, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum, from Latin encaustus, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστος, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν, from Ancient Greek δέρμα — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

encrier (French): inkwell

Definitions

  1. inkwell

Ancestry of “encrier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchencreink; first-person singular present indicative of...
2Old Frenchenqueink
3Latinencaustumthe purple-red ink used by the later Roman...
4Latinencaustusburned in, encaustic; the encaustic mode of...
5Ancient Greekἔγκαυστοςburned in
6Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
7Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
8Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
9Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
10Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
11Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
12Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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