Where does “enveloppe” come from?

enveloppe (Middle French) comes from Old French envelope, from Old French envoloper, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “enveloppe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchenvelopethat which envelops, a type of garment; casing,...
2Old Frenchenvoloper—
3Old Frenchen-en- in; into
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enveloppe”

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