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Where does “embataillier” come from?

embataillier (Old French) comes from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

embataillier (Old French): To array for battle

Definitions

  1. To array for battle

Ancestry of “embataillier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchen-en-
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “embataillier”

  • embattlement
  • embattle
  • embatailen
  • enbatelen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →