The story
- Old French · derived fromembellir
- Middle English · inherited fromembelishen
- English todayembellish
From Middle English embelishen, from Old French embellir, from em- + bel.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
embellish
Today it means: To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate. Full definition →
Middle English embelishen ← Old French embellir