enact

The story

1. Latin · derived fromactum
2. Old French · derived fromacte“perform, do”
3. Latin · derived fromin-“in”
4. Old French · derived fromen-“to cause to be”
5. Middle English · inherited fromenacten
6. English todayenact

From Middle English enacten, from en-, from Old French en- (“to cause to be”), from Latin in- (“in”) and Old French acte (“perform, do”), from Latin actum, past participle of ago (“set in motion”).

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