Etymograph

English

enchase

Enchase comes from Middle French enchasser ‘to follow’, and goes back to Old French enchacier.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400enchacier
  2. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600enchasser‘to follow’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500enchacen
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588enchase

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400enchacier
  2. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600enchasser‘to follow’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500enchacen
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588enchase

Earliest quotation: c. 1587–1588, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […]: “Thy Garments ſhall be made of Medean ſilke, /…”

Every English word from Old French enchacier

Today it means

verb To set (a gemstone, etc.) into.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old French enchacier / enchase

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