Where does “entamer” come from?
entamer (French) comes from Occitan entamenar, from Latin intaminare, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
entamer (French): to cut into; to remove a small piece of...
Definitions
- to cut into; to remove a small piece of...
Ancestry of “entamer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Occitan | entamenar | to begin, to start |
| 2 | Latin | intaminare | — |
| 3 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “entamer”