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Where does “emprunter” come from?

emprunter (Norman) comes from Old French emprunter, from Vulgar Latin *imprūmūtāre, from Latin imprōmūtuāre, from Latin prōmūtuārī.

emprunter (Norman): to borrow

Definitions

  1. to borrow

Ancestry of “emprunter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchemprunter—
2Vulgar Latin*imprūmūtāre—
3Latinimprōmūtuāre—
4Latinprōmūtuārī—

Words derived from “emprunter”

  • emprunt
  • emprunteux
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