English
entrammel
From en- + trammel.
Proto-Indo-European *smeH- ‘to wipe’
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Latin macula ‘spot, speck’
Late Latin tremaculum
Old French tramail ‘net for catching fish’
Middle English trameyle
English trammel
Today it means
verb To hamper by entangling.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / entrammel