English
enfiled
Enfiled comes from French enfiler ‘to pierce, thread’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentenfiler‘to pierce, thread’
- Englishtodayenfiled
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentenfiler‘to pierce, thread’
- Englishtodayenfiled
Every English word from French enfiler
Today it means
adj Having an object, such as the head of a man or animal, impaled on it.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French enfiler / enfiled