Etymograph

English

envowel

Blend of embowel + vowel with assimilation the m of embowel to the following v of vowel.

A blend of embowel + vowel

Latin vōcālis ‘voiced’

Old French vouel

Middle English vowel ‘a vowel’

English vowel

Today it means

verb to replace a portion of a person's name with a dash in printing, in order to avoid libel.

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

Etymograph / envowel