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Where does “ensurdecer” come from?

ensurdecer (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.

ensurdecer (Portuguese): to deafen

Definitions

  1. to deafen

Ancestry of “ensurdecer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseEn-—
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

Words derived from “ensurdecer”

  • ensurdecedor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →