Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “ensu-” come from?

ensu- (Old French) comes from French ensuivre, from Latin īnsequere, from Latin īnsequi, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “ensu-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchensuivreto follow; to follow, to come next; to result, to...
2Latinīnsequere—
3Latinīnsequi—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →