Where does “empeñar” come from?

empeñar (Spanish) comes from Spanish empeño, from Latin [[in]] [[pignus]].

empeñar (Spanish): to pawn, to hock; to involve; to pledge

Definitions

  1. to pawn, to hock; to involve; to pledge

Ancestry of “empeñar”, step by step

empeñar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish empeño

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishempeñoinsistence, effort, endeavor, commitment;...
2Latin[[in]] [[pignus]]—

via Latin impignāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpignāre—

Words derived from “empeñar”

Every word from Latin [[in]] [[pignus]] →Every word from Spanish empeño →