Where does “enfreindre” come from?
enfreindre (French) comes from Old French enfraindre, from Vulgar Latin infrangere, from Latin infringō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
enfreindre (French): to infringe
Definitions
- to infringe
Ancestry of “enfreindre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | enfraindre | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | infrangere | — |
| 3 | Latin | infringō | to break off, infringe |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |