Where does “empeser” come from?
empeser (French) comes from Old French empoise, from Latin impensa, from Latin impensus, from Latin impendo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
empeser (French): to starch
Ancestry of “empeser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | empoise | weight |
| 2 | Latin | impensa | expense, outlay, cost |
| 3 | Latin | impensus | considerable; great; costly, expensive |
| 4 | Latin | impendo | I spend or expend; I devote to |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |