Etymology

enid

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Today it means: Any snail in the family Enidae. Full definition →

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enid · noun1

  1. translingual · derived fromEnidae
  2. English todayenid

From translingual Enidae.

Enid · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂enh₁-“to breathe, blow”
  2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*anatyom
  3. Middle Welsh · derived fromeneit“spirit, life; purity”
  4. English todayEnid

From Middle Welsh eneit (“spirit, life; purity”), from Proto-Celtic *anatyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Gaulish anatia (“souls (?)”) attested on the Larzac tablet; see also the modern Welsh anadl (“breath, wind”), from Proto-Celtic *anatlā (“breath, breathing”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁- all →

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