English
filemot
Filemot comes from French feuille-morte ‘of the colour of dying leaves: russet,…’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfeuille-morte‘of the colour of dying leaves: russet, feuillemorte’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880filemot
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfeuille-morte‘of the colour of dying leaves: russet, feuillemorte’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880filemot
Earliest quotation: 1880, Lewis Wallace, Ben-Hur: “The walls were panelled; each panel was comparted like…”
The story
An anglicized form of feuillemorte / French feuille-morte.
Every English word from French feuille-morte
Today it means
adj Synonym of feuillemorte.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French feuille-morte / filemot