Where does “embankment” come from?
Embankment comes from English embank, from English bank, from French banc, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, meaning a raised surface or ridge.
embankment (English): a long mound of earth, stone, or similar...
Definitions
- a long mound of earth, stone, or similar...
Ancestry of “embankment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | embank | to throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend;... |
| 2 | English | En- | Forms a transitive verb whose meaning is to make the attached adjective |
| 3 | Middle English | en- | en-, in- |
| 4 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |