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Where does “embrollar” come from?

embrollar (Spanish) comes from French embrouiller, from French brouiller, from Middle French brouiller, from Old French brouiller, from Vulgar Latin brodiculare, from Latin brodum, from Frankish broþ, from Proto-Germanic bruþą — to bear, carry.

embrollar (Spanish): to muddle, confuse

Definitions

  1. to muddle, confuse

Ancestry of “embrollar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchembrouillerto entangle; to bamboozle, to confuse
2Frenchbrouillerto blur; to mix up, confuse; to scramble
3Middle Frenchbrouiller—
4Old Frenchbrouiller—
5Vulgar Latinbrodiculareto jumble together
6Latinbrodumbroth, stew
7Frankishbroþbroth
8Proto-Germanicbruþąbroth
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewh₁-to boil; to brew
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry
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