Where does “encens” come from?

encens (Middle English) comes from Old French encens, from Latin incēnsum, from Latin incensus, from Latin incendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

encens (Middle English): incense; smoke

Definitions

  1. incense; smoke

Ancestry of “encens”, step by step

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

Words derived from “encens”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →