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- Middle English · inherited fromenwrappen
- English todayenwrap
From Middle English enwrappen, inwrappen (“to wrap in”), equivalent to en- + wrap. Compare also Middle English inwlappen (See lap, “to enwrap”). More at en-, wrap. Cognate via Old French with envelop, envelope. Doublet of envelop.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.