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Where does “enbatelen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “enbatelen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “enbatelen”

  • embattlement
  • embattle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →