English
envelop
Envelop comes from Latin in ‘in, into’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEin‘in, into’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400anveloper
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500envolupen
- Englishearliest quotation 1906envelop
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEin‘in, into’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400anveloper
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500envolupen
- Englishearliest quotation 1906envelop
Earliest quotation: 1906, O. Henry pseudonym; William Sydney Porte, From the Cabby’s Seat: “In the fulness of time there was an eruption…”
Linked words
through Latin in ‘in, into’
encounter, intimate, ensemble, intestine, intimation, emplacement, agog, 5 more
Today it means
verb To surround, enclose or enfold.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin in / envelop