Where does “censer” come from?

censer (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman censier, from Old French encensier, from Old French encens, from Latin incēnsum, from Latin incensus, from Latin incendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

censer (Middle English): censer

Definitions

  1. censer

Ancestry of “censer”, step by step

censer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Anglo-Norman censier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normancensier
2Old Frenchencensier
3Old Frenchencensincense
4Latinincēnsum
5Latinincensusset on fire; burnt; excited
6Latinincendōto set on fire, burn, kindle
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via French encenser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchencenserto acclaim, sing the praises of; to cense, to...
2Latinincensoinflection of incēnsus: ## dative masculine...

Words derived from “censer

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en