English
enfelon
Enfelon comes from Middle French enfelonner ‘to irritate’.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600enfelonner‘to irritate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1596enfelon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600enfelonner‘to irritate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1596enfelon
Earliest quotation: 1596, Edmund Spenser, Abraham Stoll: “Out of her first the wicked weapon caught: With…”
Every English word from Middle French enfelonner
Today it means
verb to infuriate
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French enfelonner / enfelon