Where does “emprunter” come from?

emprunter (French) comes from Middle French emprunter, from Old French emprunter, from Vulgar Latin *imprūmūtāre, from Latin imprōmūtuāre, from Latin prōmūtuārī.

emprunter (French): to borrow; to take, to follow

Definitions

  1. to borrow; to take, to follow

Ancestry of “emprunter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchemprunterto borrow
2Old Frenchemprunterto borrow
3Vulgar Latin*imprūmūtāre—
4Latinimprōmūtuāre—
5Latinprōmūtuārī—

Words derived from “emprunter”

Every word from Latin prōmūtuārī →Every word from Latin imprōmūtuāre →Every word from Vulgar Latin *imprūmūtāre →