Where does “empuzzle” come from?
empuzzle (English) comes from English em, from English them, from Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim, from Proto-Germanic þaimaz, from Proto-Germanic sa, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
empuzzle (English): To puzzle
Definitions
- To puzzle
Ancestry of “empuzzle”, step by step
empuzzle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English em
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | em | The name of the Latin-script letter M; A unit of... |
| 2 | English | them | Those ones; Him, her, or it; that one; Those |
| 3 | Middle English | þem | Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them;... |
| 4 | Old Norse | þeim | them, those |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þaimaz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sa | that |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via English puzzle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | puzzle | Anything that is difficult to understand or make... |