Etymograph

English

enshackle

From en- + shackle (noun).

Formed from en- + shackle

Proto-Germanic *skakulaz

Proto-West Germanic *skakul

Old English sċacul ‘fetter, shackle’

Middle English shakel ‘a fetter, shackle’

English shackle

Today it means

verb To put (a person or animal) in shackles; to shackle.

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

Etymograph / enshackle