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Where does “encensso” come from?

encensso (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin incēnsum, from Latin incensus, from Latin incendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “encensso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinincēnsum—
2Latinincensusset on fire; burnt; excited
3Latinincendō—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “encensso”

  • incenso
  • jnçenso
  • incenso
  • ençenço
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →