Where does “empoise” come from?

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

empoise (Old French): weight

Definitions

weight

Ancestry of “empoise”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	impensa	expense, outlay, cost
2	Latin	impensus	considerable; great; costly, expensive
3	Latin	impendo	I spend or expend; I devote to
4	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
5	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
6	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7	Proto-Italic	en	in
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “empoise”

empeser

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →