Where does “enfantement” come from?

enfantement (Old French) comes from Old French enfanter, from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

enfantement (Old French): childbirth

Definitions

  1. childbirth

Ancestry of “enfantement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchenfanterto give birth
2Old Frenchenfantchild
3Latinīnfāntem
4Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en