Where does “embaraço” come from?

embaraço (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese embaraçar, from Arabic مَرَسَة, from Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܫܳܐ, from Akkadian 𒄙, from Akkadian 𒆟 — to tie.

embaraço (Portuguese): embarrassment; awkwardness

Definitions

  1. embarrassment; awkwardness

Ancestry of “embaraço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseembaraçarto tangle; to snarl; to embarrass
2Arabicمَرَسَةrope
3Classical Syriacܡܰܪܫܳܐrope
4Akkadian𒄙rope; yarn, twine, wire, string; a twist of...
5Akkadian𒆟to tie
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