English
eloignment
Eloignment comes from French éloignement ‘distancing’, from éloigner ‘to remove’, and ultimately from Old French esloignier ‘to separate’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400esloignier‘to separate’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600esloigner‘to separate’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentéloigner‘to remove’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentéloignement‘distancing’
- Englishtodayeloignment
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400esloignier‘to separate’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600esloigner‘to separate’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentéloigner‘to remove’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentéloignement‘distancing’
- Englishtodayeloignment
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’
through Latin longus ‘far, long’
longitudinal, longitude, lunge, oblong, elongate, elongation, longus, longe, 8 more
Today it means
noun The act of removing something to be put far away; withdrawal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French esloignier / eloignment