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Where does “encarcelar” come from?

encarcelar (Spanish) comes from Latin incarcerare, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

encarcelar (Spanish): to imprison, incarcerate

Definitions

  1. to imprison, incarcerate

Ancestry of “encarcelar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinincarcerareto imprison
2Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
3Old Latinenin
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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