English
Entrelacs
Entrelacs comes from French Entrelacs, from lac ‘lake’, and ultimately from Old French lac.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400lac‘body of water, lake’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘lake’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘lake’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentEntrelacs
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400lac‘body of water, lake’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘lake’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘lake’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentEntrelacs
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lókus
through Latin lacus ‘a lake, pond, basin’
Today it means
name A placename: A municipality of Quebec. Former name: Wexford.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French lac / Entrelacs