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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-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “encerar”

  • encerador
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →