Etymology Explorer › Middle French

Where does “enterrer” come from?

enterrer (Middle French) comes from Old French enterrer, from Latin interrō, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

enterrer (Middle French): to bury

Definitions

  1. to bury

Ancestry of “enterrer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchenterrerto bury
2Latininterrō—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enterrer”

  • disinter
  • disinterment
  • déterrer
  • réenterrer
  • enterrer
  • enterreur
  • désenterrer
  • enterrement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →