English
enginous
Enginous comes from Old French engignos.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400engignos
- Englishearliest quotation 1600enginous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400engignos
- Englishearliest quotation 1600enginous
Earliest quotation: 1600, Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]: “the mark of all their enginous drifts”.
Every English word from Old French engignos
Today it means
adj Pertaining to an engine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French engignos / enginous