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Where does “enquiquiner” come from?

enquiquiner (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.

enquiquiner (French): to annoy; to piss off

Definitions

  1. to annoy; to piss off

Ancestry of “enquiquiner”, step by step

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

Words derived from “enquiquiner”

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