Where does “enjoindre” come from?
enjoindre (French) comes from Old French anjoindre, from Latin injungere, from Latin iniungo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
enjoindre (French): to order; to enjoin
Ancestry of “enjoindre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | anjoindre | — |
| 2 | Latin | injungere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | iniungo | I join or fasten; I unite; I impose |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |