Where does “encerar” come from?

encerar (Spanish) comes from Latin incerare, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

encerar (Spanish): to wax, polish

Definitions

  1. to wax, polish

Ancestry of “encerar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinincerareto smear with wax
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “encerar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →