English
annelid
Annelid comes from French annélidé.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentannélidé
- Englishearliest quotation 1990annelid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentannélidé
- Englishearliest quotation 1990annelid
Earliest quotation: 1990, Pete Dunne, IN THE NATURAL STATE: “Incarcerated in earth-filled boxes, the hapless annelids face execution…”
The story
From French annélidé, coined by French naturalist Lamarck.
Every English word from French annélidé
Today it means
noun Any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum Annelida, having a segmented body; they include the earthworm and the leech.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French annélidé / annelid