French embrouiller

← French en- (affix)

← French brouiller (affix)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (root)

→ English imbroglio (derived)

→ English embroil (borrowed)

→ Spanish embrollar (borrowed)

→ French imbroglio (mention)

→ Italian imbroglio (mention)

→ Italian imbrogliare (cognate)