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Where does “engueuler” come from?

engueuler (French) comes from French en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

engueuler (French): to give a roasting, to tell someone off, to chew...

Definitions

  1. to give a roasting, to tell someone off, to chew...

Ancestry of “engueuler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchen-en-
2Old Frenchen-en-
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “engueuler”

  • engueuleur
  • engueulade
  • engueulement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →