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Where does “estencele” come from?

estencele (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin stincilla, from Latin scintilla, from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

estencele (Old French): a spark

Definitions

  1. a spark

Ancestry of “estencele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinstincilla—
2Latinscintillaspark; glimmer
3Proto-Indo-Europeanski-nto-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “estencele”

  • stencil
  • stenciler
  • stencellen
  • estenceler
  • estinceller
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →