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Where does “emboucher” come from?

emboucher (French) comes from Middle French emboucher, from Old French embouchier, from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

emboucher (French): to place one's lips against the mouthpiece of a...

Definitions

  1. to place one's lips against the mouthpiece of a...

Ancestry of “emboucher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchemboucherto inform
2Old Frenchembouchier—
3Old Frenchenin; inside; on; upon; in
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “emboucher”

  • embouchure
  • embouchure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →