Where does “empêcher” come from?
empêcher (French) comes from Old French empeechier, from Latin impedico, from Latin pēdica, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
empêcher (French): to stop; to prevent; to hinder; to refrain
Definitions
- to stop; to prevent; to hinder; to refrain
Ancestry of “empêcher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | empeechier | to fetter; to hinder |
| 2 | Latin | impedico | I fetter; I entangle |
| 3 | Latin | pēdica | shackle, fetter |
| 4 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |