English
enchafe
Enchafe comes from Middle English enchaufen ‘to inflame’, from Old French chaufer ‘heat’, and ultimately from Latin calefaciō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalefaciōas calefacere‘to warm or heat’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400chaufer‘heat’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500chaufen‘to become hot or inflamed’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500enchaufen‘to inflame’
- Englishtodayenchafe
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalefaciōas calefacere‘to warm or heat’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400chaufer‘heat’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500chaufen‘to become hot or inflamed’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500enchaufen‘to inflame’
- Englishtodayenchafe
Linked words
through Old French chaufer ‘heat’
Today it means
verb To make warm, to heat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin calefaciō / enchafe