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Where does “enfrener” come from?

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

enfrener (Old French): to put the bit in a horse's mouth

Definitions

  1. to put the bit in a horse's mouth

Ancestry of “enfrener”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchenin; inside; on; upon; in
2Latinîn—
3Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →