Where does “empeiren” come from?
empeiren (Middle English) comes from Old French empeirier, from Late Latin peioro, from Latin peior, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
Ancestry of “empeiren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | empeirier | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | peioro | I make worse; I aggravate |
| 3 | Latin | peior | worse |
| 4 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |