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Where does “engainer” come from?

engainer (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.

engainer (French): to sheathe

Definitions

  1. to sheathe

Ancestry of “engainer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “engainer”

  • rengainer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →