Where does “embark” come from?
Embark comes from Middle French embarquer, formed from the prefix en- and barca (Italian for "boat"), which derives from βάρις (Ancient Greek for "boat"), ultimately from Egyptian bꜣjr.
embark (English): To get on a boat or ship or an aeroplane; To...
Definitions
- To get on a boat or ship or an aeroplane; To...
Ancestry of “embark”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | em- | The form taken by en- before the labial... |
| 2 | English | En- | — |
| 3 | Middle English | en- | en-, in- |
| 4 | Old French | en- | en- |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “embark”