Where does “ăng-bra-i-a” come from?

ăng-bra-i-a (Vietnamese) comes from French embrayage, from French embrayer, from French en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

ăng-bra-i-a (Vietnamese): clutch; clutch pedal

Definitions

  1. clutch; clutch pedal

Ancestry of “ăng-bra-i-a”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchembrayageclutch; clutch pedal
2Frenchembrayerto engage; to engage, set in motion
3Frenchen-en- all meanings
4Old Frenchen-en- in; into
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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