English
epauliere
Epauliere comes from French épaulière ‘shoulder pad’, from Late Latin spathula ‘flat, broad piece’, and ultimately from Proto-Hellenic *spátʰā ‘blade’.
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*spátʰā‘blade’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσπάθηspáthē‘any broad blade, of wood or metal’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEspatha‘straight sword’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEspathula‘flat, broad piece’diminutive of spatha
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*spatlareconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400espalle‘shoulder’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600espaule‘shoulder’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentépaule‘shoulder’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentépaulière‘shoulder pad’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004epauliere
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*spátʰā‘blade’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσπάθηspáthē‘any broad blade, of wood or metal’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEspatha‘straight sword’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEspathula‘flat, broad piece’diminutive of spatha
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*spatlareconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400espalle‘shoulder’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600espaule‘shoulder’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentépaule‘shoulder’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentépaulière‘shoulder pad’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004epauliere
Earliest quotation: 2004, Kevin Grace, Tom White: “[…] the elbow cop or coudiere for the elbow;…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, deal, hot, fair, defense, fan, benefit, fashion, mid, feature, theme, defence, custom, ethnic, sufficient, treasury, ethical, thesis, aesthetic, treasure, defendant, feast, synthetic, theology, doom, tick, deed, dis, atheist, ethic, atheism, demi, auditorium, deem, thematic, ethos, forfeit, auditor, fanatic, 126 more
through Latin spatha ‘straight sword’
spade, spatula, espada, 17 more
through Vulgar Latin *spatla
Today it means
noun The part of a suit of armor covering the shoulder; a shoulder plate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *spátʰā / epauliere