Where does “empalizada” come from?

empalizada (Spanish) comes from Spanish empalizar, from Spanish en-, from Old Spanish en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

empalizada (Spanish): fence

Definitions

  1. fence

Ancestry of “empalizada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishempalizarto fence; stake out
2Spanishen-en- all meanings
3Old Spanishen-
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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