Where does “embost” come from?
embost (English) comes from English emboss, from Middle English embossen, from Old French embocer, from Old French boce, from Vulgar Latin bottia, from Frankish bottija, from Frankish bōtan, from Proto-Germanic bautaną — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
embost (English): simple past tense and past participle of emboss
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of emboss
Ancestry of “embost”, step by step
embost traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English emboss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | emboss | To mark or decorate with a raised design or... |
| 2 | Middle English | embossen | — |
| 3 | Old French | embocer | — |
| 4 | Old French | boce | swelling |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | bottia | bump |
| 6 | Frankish | bottija | — |
| 7 | Frankish | bōtan | to strike, knock down |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
via English T
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | T | The ordinal number twentieth, derived from this... |