Etymology

encincture

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Today it means: A cincture or girdle. Full definition →

English cincture ← Latin cinctūra ← Middle English en-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Latincingō
  9. Latincinctūra
  10. Englishcincture
  11. English todayencincture

From en- + cincture.

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