Where does “lanterman” come from?

lanterman (Mauritian Creole) comes from French enterrement, from French enterrer, from Middle French enterrer, from Old French enterrer, from Latin interrō, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

lanterman (Mauritian Creole): burial

Definitions

  1. burial

Ancestry of “lanterman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenterrementburial; funeral
2Frenchenterrerto bury; to ditch, to bury
3Middle Frenchenterrerto bury
4Old Frenchenterrerto bury
5Latininterrōbury, inter
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Proto-Italic enEvery word from Latin en
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