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

  1. to bug, bother, annoy; to pick on someone

Ancestry of “embêter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchen-en- all meanings
2Old Frenchen-en- in; into
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “embêter”

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