empeechier

Old French

Alternative forms

empescher (typically Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin impedicāre, present active infinitive of impedicō (“I fetter”).

Verb

empeechier

to fetter (put into irons)
to hinder (render something more difficult)

Descendants

→ English: impeach
→ French: empêcher
Italian: impacciare
→ Portuguese: empachar
→ Spanish: empachar

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (empeechier, supplement)
Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (empeechier)

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