Where does “enter” come from?
enter (French) comes from Latin imptāre, from Latin inpotus, from Ancient Greek ἔμφυτος, from Ancient Greek ἐμφύω, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
enter (French): to graft; to implant
Definitions
- to graft; to implant
Ancestry of “enter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | imptāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | inpotus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἔμφυτος | inborn, natural; planted; implanted |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐμφύω | to implant, graft; fix firmly, securely, deeply |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |