Where does “embouteillage” come from?

embouteillage (French) comes from French embouteiller, 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.

embouteillage (French): bottling; blockade; traffic jam, gridlock

Definitions

  1. bottling; blockade; traffic jam, gridlock

Ancestry of “embouteillage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchembouteillerto bottle, to bottle up, to put into bottles; to...
2Frenchen-en- all meanings
3Old Frenchen-en- in; into
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →