Etymology Explorer › Old Catalan

Where does “enganar” come from?

enganar (Old Catalan) comes from Old Occitan enganar, from Latin ingannō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “enganar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanenganar—
2Latiningannō—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enganar”

  • enganyós
  • enganyar
  • engany
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →