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Where does “'nduja” come from?

'nduja (Italian) comes from Sicilian ‛nduja, from Old French andoille, from Latin inductilis, from Latin inductus, from Latin indūcō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

Ancestry of “'nduja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sicilian‛nduja—
2Old Frenchandoille—
3Latininductilis—
4Latininductusled or conducted; exhibited; introduced
5Latinindūcō—
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →