English
filacer
Filacer comes from Old English filace ‘a file or thread on which the records of the…’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150filace‘a file or thread on which the records of the courts of justice were strung’
- Englishearliest quotation 1817filacer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150filace‘a file or thread on which the records of the courts of justice were strung’
- Englishearliest quotation 1817filacer
Earliest quotation: 1817, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Salaries and Emoluments: “When actions are brought in the Courts of King's…”
Every English word from Old English filace
Today it means
noun A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas and the Court of King's Bench, so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English filace / filacer