Where does “paléoenvironnement” come from?

paléoenvironnement (French) comes from French environnement, from French environner, from French environ, from Old French environ, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

paléoenvironnement (French): paleoenvironment

Definitions

paleoenvironment

Ancestry of “paléoenvironnement”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	environnement	environment; nature
2	French	environner	to surround, encircle
3	French	environ	about, close to, around; a surrounding area
4	Old French	environ	around
5	Old French	en-	en- in; into
6	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
7	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
8	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9	Proto-Italic	en	in
10	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

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