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Where does “enoint” come from?

enoint (Old French) comes from Old French enoindre, from Latin inungo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “enoint”, step by step

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

Words derived from “enoint”

  • anoint
  • anointment
  • anointest
  • anointeth
  • reanoint
  • disanoint
  • enointen
  • anointen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →