Where does “enjouer” come from?

enjouer (French) comes from French jouer, from Old French joer, from Latin iocor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

enjouer (French): to render playful, put some playfulness into (something)

Definitions

  1. to render playful, put some playfulness into (something)

Ancestry of “enjouer”, step by step

enjouer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French jouer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjouerto play
2Old Frenchjoerto play
3LatiniocorI joke, jest; I play
4Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
5Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
6Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
7Proto-Indo-European-oss
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

via French en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenin; to; by
2Latinindethence, from there; from, since; thenceforth
3Old Latinemthen, there; The name of the letter "M"; of...

via French joue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjouecheek; inflection of jouer: ## first/third-person...
2Old Frenchjoecheek
3Vulgar Latin*ga(v)ota

Words derived from “enjouer

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -osEvery word from Latin -orEvery word from Latin iocor
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