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emparedado m. (Adjective, Noun) walled in; "sandwich" 13th cent. From emparedar. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
emparedar (Verb) to wall in 16th cent. From en- "in" and pared. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
empezar (Verb) "to begin" 12th cent. Old Spanish empeçar. Probably from Vulgar Latin *impiattare "to begin" but literally "to snap a piece (off)," from *im- (see en-) and *piatta "piece" (see pieza). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
emplear (Verb) "to employ" 12th cent. Borrowed from Old French empleiier 'id.,' from Latin implicare "to fold (in)" (see implicar). Indo-European Romance Portuguese empregar, French employer, Italian impiegare, Romanian implica Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
empleo m. (Noun) "employment" 16th cent. From emplear. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
en (Preposition) "in," "at," "about," "against," "within," "into" 10th cent. From Latin in 'id.' (Archaic Latin en). From Proto-Italic en 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European h₁en 'id.' Indo-European Romance Portuguese em, Catalan en, French en, Italian in, Aromanian ãn, Romanian în Italic Oscan en, Paelignian i Celtic Old Irish i, Old Welsh in, Old Breton en, Cornish yn Germanic Gothic in, Old Norse í, Old Saxon in, Old High German in, Old English in (English in) Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic vъn, Russian vo, Lithuanian į, Old Prussian en Hellenic Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Armenian Armenian i Tocharian A yn-, B in- Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
enamorado (Adjective, Noun) "enamored;" "lover" 15th cent. From enamorar. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
enamorar (Verb) "to be in love" 15th cent. From en- "in" and amor. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
encantado (Adjective) "delighted;" "charmed" 14th cent. From encantar. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
encantar (Verb) "to delight," "to enchant;" (less literally) "to love" 14th cent. From Latin incantare "to chant (as a mystical ritual)," "to enchant (with a spell);" "to sing." Composed of in- (see en-) and cantare "to sing" but also "to chant," "to recite" (see cantar). Indo-European Romance Portuguese encantar, Galician encantar, Catalan encantar, French enchanter, Italian incantare, Eastern Vulgar Latin: Aromanian ncãntu, Romanian încânta Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.