Etymology of the French word embrayage
the French word
embrayagederived from the French word
embrayerderived from the French word
braiederived from the French word
en-using the Latin prefix
in- (suffix for no)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ne (not)
derived from the Old French word
pannederived from the Old French word
pennederived from the Latin word
penna (feather; pinna, feather; feather; feather, wing)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pet-derived from the Classical Latin word
pinna (feather; feather; wing; fin; lobe)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pet-derived from the Latin word
patenaderived from the Greek word
pathnederived from the Greek word
phatne, φάτνη (a crib (for fodder))
derived from the French word
pannausing the French suffix
-onderived from the French word
électronderived from the English word
electronusing the English suffix
-onderived from the English word
electricderived from the Latin word
electricus (electric)
derived from the Latin word
electrum (electrum; amber; electron)
derived from the Greek word
elektron, ἤλεκτρον (amber)
derived from the Greek word
elektron, ἤλεκτρον (amber)
Date
The earliest known usage of embrayage in French dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in other languages
Portuguese
embreagem, Romanian
ambreiaj
