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Where does “encensier” come from?

encensier (Old French) comes from Old French encens, from Latin incēnsum, from Latin incensus, from Latin incendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

Ancestry of “encensier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchencensincense
2Latinincēnsum—
3Latinincensusset on fire; burnt; excited
4Latinincendō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “encensier”

  • censer
  • censier
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →