embroilment

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English embroil

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English embroilment

From embroil + -ment.

Noun

embroilment (countable and uncountable, plural embroilments)

1. The condition of being embroiled in something; an imbroglio or entanglement.

Translations

an entangled situation — see imbroglio