Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “enm” come from?

enm (Old English) comes from Translingual en, from English ethylenediamine, from English diamine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

Ancestry of “enm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualen—
2EnglishethylenediamineThe diamine NH-CH-CH-NH that is used in organic...
3EnglishdiamineAny compound containing two amino functional...
4EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle French-é—
9Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-Italic-ā—
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “enm”

  • anent
  • thereanent
  • foreanent
  • anent
  • anempt
  • onemn
  • foreanent
  • thareanent
  • hereanent
  • anent
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