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In Latin etiam and enim seem to have pretty similar meanings.
I notice that both Greek and Latin seem to use connective words like this a lot, I suppose because they had no punctuation, so they serve as sentence markers.
What is the difference in sense between the two words?
After further research, the basic idea seems to be that etiam means something additional or added on to the previous thought. enim has the same meaning but also has the sense of corroboration. So, for example, he did this, then he did that, versus he did this and he did it well.
Im reading The Colloquia of the Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana which it has latin and its and translations.
poposci calciamenta et ocreas; erat enim frigus. I asked for shoes and leggings; for it was cold.
In this context it is postpositive "for" in the sense of because.
And for etiam : which is in the book "learn latin in an ancient way"
diuturnus enim languor et senecta, quae saepe etiam languore deterior est, universam substantiam eius absumpserat.
For a long illness and old age, which often "even" worst than illness is, had consumed all his property.
But I think it depends in the context, for/enim the words has many different meanings
