English
fewter
Fewter comes from Old French feutre, from Medieval Latin filtrum ‘felt’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fellą‘skin, hide’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*feltreconstructed
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500filtrum‘felt’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400feutre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500feuter‘a holder for a pointed polearm attached to one's armour’
- Englishearliest quotation 1596fewter
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fellą‘skin, hide’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*feltreconstructed
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500filtrum‘felt’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400feutre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500feuter‘a holder for a pointed polearm attached to one's armour’
- Englishearliest quotation 1596fewter
Earliest quotation: 1596, Edmund Spenser, Book IV, Canto IV: “His speare he feutred, and at him it bore,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pel-
film, simple, simply, push, complain, fold, pulse, powder, pillow, repeal, flaw, pollen, compulsive, expel, repel, palpable, palladium, propel, palate, palatable, pall, pelt, wallow, peloton, polemic, tuple, palatal, pollinate, apoplexy, peplum, palp, pillion, pulver, interpolate, 62 more
through Proto-Germanic *fellą ‘skin, hide’
through Proto-West Germanic *felt
through Medieval Latin filtrum ‘felt’
Today it means
noun A support or holder for a spear, attached to a saddle or breastplate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pel- / fewter