Where does “embay” come from?

embay (English) comes from English En-, from Middle English en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

embay (English): To bathe; to steep; To shut in, enclose, shelter...

Definitions

  1. To bathe; to steep; To shut in, enclose, shelter...

Ancestry of “embay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEn-Forms a transitive verb whose meaning is to make the attached adjective
2Middle Englishen-en-, in-
3Old Frenchen-en- in; into
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én