Where does “bété” come from?

bété (Louisiana Creole) comes from French embêter, 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.

bété (Louisiana Creole): to annoy

Definitions

  1. to annoy

Ancestry of “bété”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchembêterto bug, bother, annoy; to pick on someone
2Frenchen-en- all meanings
3Old Frenchen-en- in; into
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →