Where does “embowerment” come from?

embowerment (English) comes from English embower, from English bower, from German bauer, from German bauen, from Middle High German būwen, from Old High German būan, from Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic būaną — to become, grow, appear.

embowerment (English): The act of enclosing something in a bower (a shady, leafy shelter or recess)

Definitions

  1. The act of enclosing something in a bower (a shady, leafy shelter or recess)

Ancestry of “embowerment”, step by step

embowerment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English embower

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishembowerTo enclose something or someone as if in a bower;...
2EnglishbowerA bedroom or private apartments, especially for a...
3Germanbauerfarmer male or of unspecified gender
4Germanbauento build; to construct; to roll a joint; to rely
5Middle High Germanbūwento build
6Old High Germanbūanto build
7Proto-West Germanic*būan
8Proto-Germanicbūanąto dwell, reside
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-