Where does “embûche” come from?
embûche (French) comes from Middle French enbusque, from Old French embuschier, from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
embûche (French): ambush; trap; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- ambush; trap; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “embûche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | enbusque | — |
| 2 | Old French | embuschier | to ambush |
| 3 | Old French | en | in; inside; on; upon; in |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |