Where does “desencadear” come from?
desencadear (Galician) comes from Galician encadear, from Galician en-, from Old Portuguese en-, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
desencadear (Galician): to unchain; to unleash
Ancestry of “desencadear”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Galician | encadear | — |
| 2 | Galician | en- | en-, in- |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | en- | in- |
| 4 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 5 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “desencadear”