Where does “empale” come from?

empale (French) comes from French empaler, from Italian impalare, from Spanish empalar, from Latin impālāre, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

empale (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

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  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “empale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchempalerto impale
2Italianimpalareto impale; to stake, prop up
3Spanishempalarto impale
4Latinimpālāre—
5Latinpālusswamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool
6Proto-Italicpākslos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-slos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →