Where does “embrayage” come from?

embrayage (French) comes from French embrayer, 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.

embrayage (French): clutch; clutch pedal

Definitions

clutch; clutch pedal

Ancestry of “embrayage”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	embrayer	to engage; to engage, set in motion
2	French	en-	en- all meanings
3	Old French	en-	en- in; into
4	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
5	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
6	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7	Proto-Italic	en	in
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “embrayage”

αμπραγιάζ
ambreiaj
ăng-bra-i-a

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