Where does “embushement” come from?
embushement (Middle English) comes from Old French embuschement, from Old French embuschier, from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Ancestry of “embushement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | embuschement | ambush |
| 2 | Old French | embuschier | to ambush |
| 3 | Old French | en | in; inside; on; upon; in |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |