Where does “enjoué” come from?

enjoué (French) comes from French en, from Middle French en, from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

enjoué (French): cheerful

Definitions

  1. cheerful

Ancestry of “enjoué”, step by step

enjoué traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenin; to; by
2Middle Frenchenon; on to
3Old Frenchenin; inside; on; upon; in
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via French jeu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjeugame; play; set
2Old Frenchgeugame
3Latiniocusa joke, jest; a form of amusement; pastime, sport
4Proto-Italicjokosword, saying
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyokosword, utterance
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Latin en →