Where does “empere” come from?

empere (Old French) comes from Latin inperium, from Latin imperare, from Latin impero, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

Ancestry of “empere”, step by step

empere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin inperium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininperiumcommand, control, dominion, sovereignty, a...
2Latinimperarepresent active infinitive of imperō;...
3LatinimperoI command, give orders to; I rule, govern; I...
4Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Latin imperium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinimperiumThe empire, state, imperial government, realm,...
2Latinimperāre
3Latinparāre
4Latinparōto arrange, order, contrive, design
5Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
6Proto-Italicpektos
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
8Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en