Where does “environnement” come from?
environnement (French) comes from French environner, from French environ, from Old French environ, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
environnement (French): environment; nature
Definitions
- environment; nature
Ancestry of “environnement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | environner | to surround, encircle |
| 2 | French | environ | about, close to, around; a surrounding area |
| 3 | Old French | environ | around |
| 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 |