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Where does “enrarecer” come from?

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

enrarecer (Spanish): to rarefy

Definitions

  1. to rarefy

Ancestry of “enrarecer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishenin, at, on; in; used after some verbs and...
2Old Spanishen—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →