Etymograph

English

encash

Probably a back-formation from encashment, equal to en- + cash.

Formed from en- + cash

Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘grasp’

Latin capiō ‘take’

Latin capsa ‘box’

Occitan caissa

Middle French caisse ‘money-box’

English cash

Today it means

verb To convert a financial instrument or funding source into cash.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / encash