English
escargatoire
Escargatoire comes from French escargatoire.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentescargatoire
- Englishearliest quotation 2013same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentescargatoire
- Englishearliest quotation 2013same form
Earliest quotation: 2013, Sarah Laing, The Fall of Light: “Even Seraphine was excited to find a grotto for…”
Every English word from French escargatoire
Today it means
noun A nursery for snails.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French escargatoire / escargatoire