English
enlace
Enlace comes from Old French enlacer.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400enlacer
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1515–1516enlace
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Old Frenchc. 842–1400enlacer
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1515–1516enlace
Earliest quotation: c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton: “But yet I may ſay ſafely, so many wel…”
Every English word from Old French enlacer
Today it means
verb To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French enlacer / enlace