Where does “environner” come from?

environner (French) comes from French environ, 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.

environner (French): to surround, encircle

Definitions

  1. to surround, encircle

Ancestry of “environner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenvironabout, close to, around; a surrounding area
2Old Frenchenvironaround
3Old Frenchen-en- in; into
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “environner”

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