Where does “envelope” come from?

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

envelope (Old French): that which envelops, a type of garment; casing,...

Definitions

  1. that which envelops, a type of garment; casing,...

Ancestry of “envelope”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchenvoloper—
2Old Frenchen-en- in; into
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “envelope”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →