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

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	embataillier	To array for battle
2	Old French	en-	en- in; into
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
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

Words derived from “enbatelen”

embattled
embattlement
embattle
counterembattled
unembattled

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →