Where does “ensi” come from?
ensi (Louisiana Creole French) comes from French ainsi, from Middle French ainsi, from Old French ensi, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
ensi (Louisiana Creole French): thus
Ancestry of “ensi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ainsi | in this way, thus |
| 2 | Middle French | ainsi | thus; in such a way |
| 3 | Old French | ensi | thus; so |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |