Where does “embêter” come from?

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

embêter (French): to bug, bother, annoy; to pick on someone

Definitions

to bug, bother, annoy; to pick on someone

Ancestry of “embêter”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	en-	en- all meanings
2	Old French	en-	en- in; into
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “embêter”

embêtement
ambeta
ambäteere̩
bété

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →