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

  1. ambush; trap; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “embûche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchenbusque—
2Old Frenchembuschierto ambush
3Old Frenchenin; inside; on; upon; in
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Latin en →