English
abaissé
Abaissé comes from French abaissé ‘to lower’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentabaissé‘to lower’
- Englishearliest quotation 1896same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentabaissé‘to lower’
- Englishearliest quotation 1896same form
Earliest quotation: 1896, John Woodward, A treatise on heraldry: “Or, a bend sable, on a chief of the…”
Every English word from French abaissé
Today it means
adj Of a charge, especially a fess: borne lower than usual.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French abaissé / abaissé