Where does “enveloppe” come from?
enveloppe (French) comes from Middle French enveloppe, from Old French envelope, from Old French envoloper, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
enveloppe (French): envelope
Definitions
- envelope
Ancestry of “enveloppe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | enveloppe | — |
| 2 | Old French | envelope | that which envelops, a type of garment; casing,... |
| 3 | Old French | envoloper | — |
| 4 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |