empor
German
Etymology
With the assimilation -ntb- → -mp- (as in Wimper) from earlier entbor, itself an alteration of Middle High German embor, enbor, enbore, from a phrase en bor (“to(wards) (a) height”), of which the second word is from Old High German bor (“height, summit, peak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛmˈpoːɐ/
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Derived terms
- Empore
Further reading
- empor in Duden online
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