Where does “enhorten” come from?

enhorten (Middle English) comes from Old French enorter, from Latin inhortor, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

enhorten (Middle English): to exhort

Definitions

  1. to exhort

Ancestry of “enhorten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchenorterto encourage
2LatininhortorI incite or instigate
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enhorten”

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