Where does “ambeta” come from?

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

ambeta (Romanian): to bug, bother, annoy

Definitions

  1. to bug, bother, annoy

Ancestry of “ambeta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchembêterto bug, bother, annoy; to pick on someone
2Frenchen-en- all meanings
3Old Frenchen-en- in; into
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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