Etymology

embark

em·bark
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Today it means: To go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation. Full definition →

Middle French embarquer
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embark · verb1

  1. Middle French · borrowed fromembarquer
  2. English todayembark

Borrowed from Middle French embarquer, from em- + barque (“small ship”). Compare with Portuguese embarcar, Spanish abarcar.

embark · verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Englishem-
  9. Englishbark
  10. English todayembark

From em- + bark.

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