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
Ancestry of “encarcelar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | incarcerare | to imprison |
| 2 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 3 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |