Where does “empirement” come from?
empirement (Middle French) comes from Middle French empirer, from Old French empirier, from Vulgar Latin impeioro, from Latin pēior, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
empirement (Middle French): worsening; deterioration
Ancestry of “empirement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | empirer | to worsen |
| 2 | Old French | empirier | Alternative form of empoirier; to worsen |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | impeioro | — |
| 4 | Latin | pēior | — |
| 5 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |