English
agraffe
Agraffe comes from French agrafe ‘hook’, and goes back to agrafer.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentagrafer‘to hook’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentagrafe‘hook’
- Englishearliest quotation 1819agraffe
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentagrafer‘to hook’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentagrafe‘hook’
- Englishearliest quotation 1819agraffe
Earliest quotation: 1819, Walter Scott: “The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban…”
Every English word from French agrafer
Today it means
noun A decorated clasp consisting of a hook which fastens onto a ring, similar to hook and eye, used in armor or in ordinary clothing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French agrafer / agraffe