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

Definitions

to starch

Ancestry of “empeser”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
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-	un-, non-, not
6	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
7	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8	Proto-Italic	en	in
9	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

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