Etymograph

English

accinge

Accinge comes from Latin accingō ‘to gird’, and goes back to cingō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcingō‘to gird on’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccingō‘to gird’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1657accinge

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcingō‘to gird on’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccingō‘to gird’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1657accinge

Earliest quotation: 1657, Joannes Renodæus [i.e., Of Wine: “Æſchylus alſo never accinged himſelf to write Tragedies, unleſs…”

Linked words

through Latin cingō ‘to gird on’

shingle, cinch, 8 more

Today it means

verb To prepare oneself for action.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin cingō / accinge

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