myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of encaenia

Etymology of the Latin word encaenia

the Late Latin word encaenia

derived from the Greek word enkainia, ἐγκαίνια (innovatives; renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption))

derived from the Late Greek word kainos, καινός (new)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ken-

Word found in Late Latin