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Where does “escrier” come from?

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

escrier (Middle French): to cry out; to shout out loud

Definitions

  1. to cry out; to shout out loud

Ancestry of “escrier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescrierto cry out; to shout out loud
2Old Frenchesin the
3Old Frenchenin; inside; on; upon; in
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →