Where does “emprenhar” come from?

emprenhar (Portuguese) comes from Latin impraegno, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

emprenhar (Portuguese): to impregnate to cause to become pregnant

Definitions

  1. to impregnate to cause to become pregnant

Ancestry of “emprenhar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinimpraegnoI impregnate; I make pregnant
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →