Where does “esmayer” come from?
esmayer (Middle French) comes from Old French esmaier, from Vulgar Latin exmagare, from Latin magare, from Frankish magan, from Proto-Germanic maganą, from Proto-Indo-European (me)mógʰe, from Proto-Indo-European megʰ- — to be able.
esmayer (Middle French): to scare; to worry; to trouble
Definitions
- to scare; to worry; to trouble
Ancestry of “esmayer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | esmaier | to be frightened; to be scared; to frighten; to... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | exmagare | to deprive of strength, to disable; deprive of... |
| 3 | Latin | magare | to enable; empower; to enable, empower |
| 4 | Frankish | magan | to be able, may |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | maganą | to be able, may |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (me)mógʰe | to have power, to be able to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | megʰ- | to be able |