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Where does “adornen” come from?

adornen (Middle English) comes from Latin adōrnō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “adornen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadōrnō—
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “adornen”

  • adorn
  • adornment
  • adorning
  • adorner
  • adorneth
  • unadornment
  • adornest
  • adornation
  • readorn
  • disadorn
  • readornment
  • adorningly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →