English
embroilment
From embroil + -ment.
A compound of embroil + -ment
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ‘to boil’
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Old French brouiller
Middle French brouiller
French brouiller ‘to confuse, mix up’
French embrouiller ‘to entangle’
English embroil
Today it means
noun The condition of being embroiled in something; an imbroglio or entanglement.
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Etymograph / embroilment