Etymology

enjambment

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Today it means: A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause. Full definition →

French enjambement ← Old French en- ← Latin in-
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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. Frenchen-
  7. Frenchjambe
  8. Frenchenjamber
  9. Frenchenjambement
  10. English todayenjambment

Borrowed from French enjambement.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.