embroil

Meanings

1. To bring (something) into a state of confusion or uproar; to complicate, to confuse, to jumble.
2. To cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention.

1. A state of confusion or uproar; a commotion, a disturbance; also, a quarrel.
2. A state of anxiety or disturbance of the mind.

1. To set (something) on fire; to burn (something).

Etymology

PIE word *h₁én The verb is borrowed from French embrouiller (“to entangle”), from em- (a variant of en- (prefix meaning ‘in; into’)) + brouiller (“to confuse, mix up”) (ultimately from Vulgar Latin *brodiculāre, from *brodicāre, from Late Latin brodium (“broth, stew; mixture”), from Frankish *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“stock, broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”)). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Italian imbrogliare * Spanish embrollar