Where does “enhorter” come from?

enhorter (Middle French) 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.

enhorter (Middle French): to encourage; to motivate; to inspire

Definitions

  1. to encourage; to motivate; to inspire

Ancestry of “enhorter”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →