Where does “încurajare” come from?
încurajare (Romanian) comes from Romanian încuraja, from French encourager, from Old French encoragier, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
încurajare (Romanian): encouragement
Definitions
- encouragement
Ancestry of “încurajare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | încuraja | to encourage |
| 2 | French | encourager | to encourage |
| 3 | Old French | encoragier | to encourage |
| 4 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |