Where does “emprunt” come from?
emprunt (Norman) comes from Norman emprunter, from Old French emprunter, from Vulgar Latin *imprūmūtāre, from Latin imprōmūtuāre, from Latin prōmūtuārī.
emprunt (Norman): loan
Definitions
- loan
Ancestry of “emprunt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norman | emprunter | to borrow |
| 2 | Old French | emprunter | to borrow |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *imprūmūtāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | imprōmūtuāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | prōmūtuārī | — |