Etymology Explorer › Galician

Where does “encaixar” come from?

encaixar (Galician) comes 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.

encaixar (Galician): to set, embed, enchase; to fit; to deliver

Definitions

  1. to set, embed, enchase; to fit; to deliver

Ancestry of “encaixar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianen-en-, in-
2Old Portugueseen-in-
3Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
4Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
5Old Latinenin
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →