English
empanel
Empanel comes from Middle English empanellen.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500empanellen
- Englishearliest quotation 1569empanel
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500empanellen
- Englishearliest quotation 1569empanel
Earliest quotation: 1569, Richard Grafton, Henrye the Sixt: “When the Maior of the Citie, the two Dukes,…”
The story
The verb is from Middle English empanellen, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empaneller.
Every English word from Middle English empanellen
Today it means
verb A list of jurors; a panel.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English empanellen / empanel