Where does “embowel” come from?
embowel (English) comes from English bowel, from Middle French bouel, from Old French boiel, from Latin botellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
embowel (English): To enclose or bury; To remove the bowels;...
Definitions
- To enclose or bury; To remove the bowels;...
Ancestry of “embowel”, step by step
embowel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bowel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bowel | A part or division of the intestines, usually the... |
| 2 | Middle French | bouel | — |
| 3 | Old French | boiel | bowel |
| 4 | Latin | botellus | a small sausage |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |