Where does “embargar” come from?
embargar (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin imbarricare, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
embargar (Spanish): to impound; to overwhelm
Definitions
- to impound; to overwhelm
Ancestry of “embargar”, step by step
embargar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin imbarricare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | imbarricare | — |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 3 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin imbarricare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | imbarricare | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | barra | barrier |
| 3 | Frankish | bara | bar, beam, barrier, fence |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | barō | beam, bar, barrier |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |