enceinte

Meaningto gird

Common meaning: pregnant

enceinteto girdSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 164 · scan

Journey through time

Latincingere‘to gird’source
Late Latinmeaning shiftsto gird → ungirtincincta‘ungirt’source
Frenchenceintesource
Englishmeaning shiftsungirt → pregnantenceinte‘pregnant’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin cingere ‘to gird’.

Roots

cingere Latin “to gird”

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