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Root ="light" (Germanic)

The non-root suffix "-en" = "to cause to be ..."

The non-root prefix "en-" = Italic "in-" (an intensifier) in its French form (probably).

This would make the word "enlighten" a hybrid, a mixture of Germanic and Italic.

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