Enceinte

enceinte (adj.) “pregnant, with child,” c. 1600, insente, from French enceinte “pregnant” (12c.), from Late Latin incincta (source of Italian incinta), explained by Isidore of Seville (7c.) as “ungirt,” from Latin in- “not” (see in- (1)), + cincta, fem. of cinctus, past participle of cingere “to gird” (see cinch). IsRead More →