Where does “ensimismar” come from?

ensimismar (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.

ensimismar (Spanish): to become lost in thought

Definitions

  1. to become lost in thought

Ancestry of “ensimismar”, step by step

ensimismar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishenin, at, on; in; used after some verbs and...
2Old Spanishen
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Spanish sí mismo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsí mismooneself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én