English
entablement
Entablement comes from French entablement ‘entablature’, and goes back to entabler ‘to have the hips move before the shoulders’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presententabler‘to have the hips move before the shoulders’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presententablement‘entablature’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presententabler‘to have the hips move before the shoulders’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presententablement‘entablature’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from French entabler
Today it means
noun entablature
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French entabler / entablement