Where does “enquanto” come from?
enquanto (Old Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Ancestry of “enquanto”, step by step
enquanto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | en | in |
| 2 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 3 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Old Portuguese quanto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | quanto | how much |
| 2 | Latin | quantus | how much, how many; how big |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kʷijentos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷíh₂onts | — |