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Where does “ingranaggio” come from?

ingranaggio (Italian) comes from Italian ingranare, from French engrener, from French en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

ingranaggio (Italian): gear, gear train; mechanism

Definitions

  1. gear, gear train; mechanism

Ancestry of “ingranaggio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianingranareto engage ; to mesh; to head in the right...
2Frenchengrenerto fill with grain; to set in motion; to start;...
3Frenchen-en-
4Old Frenchen-en-
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →