Where does “environ” come from?

environ (French) comes from Old French environ, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

environ (French): about, close to, around; a surrounding area

Definitions

  1. about, close to, around; a surrounding area

Ancestry of “environ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchenvironaround
2Old Frenchen-en- in; into
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “environ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →
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