Where does “embolic” come from?
embolic (Catalan) comes from Catalan embolicar, from Catalan en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
embolic (Catalan): mess; confusion
Ancestry of “embolic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | embolicar | to wrap; to entangle; to make a mess of |
| 2 | Catalan | en- | en- |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |