Where does “improvisar” come from?

improvisar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese improviso, from Latin improvisus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

improvisar (Portuguese): to improvise

Definitions

to improvise

Ancestry of “improvisar”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Portuguese	improviso	improvisation; makeshift
2	Latin	improvisus	unforeseen, unexpected; sudden
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

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