Where does “engrenaxe” come from?
engrenaxe (Galician) comes from French engrenage, from French engrener, from French en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
engrenaxe (Galician): gear, cog, cogwheel
Definitions
- gear, cog, cogwheel
Ancestry of “engrenaxe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | engrenage | gear; inescapable sequence of events; slippery... |
| 2 | French | engrener | to fill with grain; to set in motion; to start;... |
| 3 | French | en- | en- all meanings |
| 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 |