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Where does “enjin” come from?

enjin (Indonesian) comes from Malay enjin, from English engine, from Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

enjin (Indonesian): engine

Definitions

  1. engine

Ancestry of “enjin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayenjinengine
2EnglishengineA large construction used in warfare, such as a...
3Middle Englishengynengine; Engyn, Middle English, noun - skill,...
4Anglo-Normanengine—
5Old Frenchenginintelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;...
6Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
7Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
9Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
10Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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