embranglement

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old French en-bor.

Middle English en-

English em-

English brangle

English embrangle

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English embranglement

From embrangle + -ment.

Noun

embranglement (countable and uncountable, plural embranglements)

1. embroilment, entanglement; the state of being or getting embrangled