Where does “engrenage” come from?

engrenage (French) comes from French engrener, 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.

engrenage (French): gear; inescapable sequence of events; slippery...

Definitions

gear; inescapable sequence of events; slippery...

Ancestry of “engrenage”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	engrener	to fill with grain; to set in motion; to start;...
2	French	en-	en- all meanings
3	Old French	en-	en- in; into
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

Words derived from “engrenage”

γρανάζι
angrenaj
engrenaxe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →