Where does “imbroglio” come from?
imbroglio (French) comes from Italian imbroglio, from Italian imbrogliare, from French embrouiller, from French brouiller, from Middle French brouiller, from Old French brouiller, from Vulgar Latin brodiculare, from Latin brodum — to bear, carry.
imbroglio (French): a complicated situation; an entanglement
Definitions
- a complicated situation; an entanglement
Ancestry of “imbroglio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | imbroglio | tangle, entanglement, muddle, scrape; cheat,... |
| 2 | Italian | imbrogliare | to tangle, entangle, muddle, confuse; to cheat,... |
| 3 | French | embrouiller | to entangle; to bamboozle, to confuse |
| 4 | French | brouiller | to blur; to mix up, confuse; to scramble |
| 5 | Middle French | brouiller | — |
| 6 | Old French | brouiller | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | brodiculare | to jumble together |
| 8 | Latin | brodum | broth, stew |
| 9 | Frankish | broþ | broth |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | bruþą | broth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |