Etymograph

English

ensample

Ensample comes from Old French essainple ‘example’, and goes back to Latin eximō ‘to take out, take away’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeximō‘to take out, take away’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexemplum‘a sample, example’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400essainpleas ensample‘example’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ensaumple
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1600ensample

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeximō‘to take out, take away’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexemplum‘a sample, example’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400essainpleas ensample‘example’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ensaumple
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1600ensample

Earliest quotation: 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso: “The bold ensample of their father's might / Their…”

Linked words

through Latin eximō ‘to take out, take away’

exemption, 4 more

through Latin exemplum ‘a sample, example’

example, exemplary, exemplify, exemplar, 2 more

Today it means

noun An example; a pattern or model for imitation.

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

Etymograph / Latin eximō / ensample

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