Where does “engatar” come from?

engatar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese En-, from Old Portuguese en-, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

engatar (Portuguese): to hitch, to couple; to chat up, to flirt

Definitions

  1. to hitch, to couple; to chat up, to flirt

Ancestry of “engatar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseEn-en- all meanings
2Old Portugueseen-in-
3Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
4Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
5Old Latinenin
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Latin in- →