émoi
See also: emoi
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French esmoy, from Old French esmai (“confusion, agitation caused by fear”), from esmaier (“to worry, scare, vex, dismay”), from Vulgar Latin *exmagare (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maganą (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēgh- (“to be able”). Akin to Old High German magan, megin (“power, might, main”), Old English mæġen (“might, main”), Old English magan (“to be able to”). More at main, may.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
émoi m (plural émois)
Further reading edit
- “émoi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.