English
entanglement
Entanglement comes from English entangle, and goes back to Middle English entanglen.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500entanglen
- English1500–presententangle
- Englishearliest quotation 2002entanglement
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500entanglen
- English1500–presententangle
- Englishearliest quotation 2002entanglement
Earliest quotation: 2002, David Robertson, David Professor Robertson: “The most notorious of these was his entanglement of…”
A compound of entangle + -ment
Middle English entanglen ‘to involve someone in difficulty”, “to…’
English entangle
Every English word from Middle English entanglen
Today it means
noun The act of entangling.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English entanglen / entanglement