English
embillow
From em- + billow.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- ‘to swell’
Proto-Germanic *belganą ‘to swell’
Proto-Germanic *bulgijō ‘wave, billow’
Old Norse bylgja ‘wave, billow’
Middle English *bilwe
English billow
Today it means
verb To heave, as the waves of the sea; swell.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / embillow