Etymograph

English

fusil

Fusil comes from Old French fusel, and goes back to Latin fūsus ‘spindle’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūsus‘spindle’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fusel
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fusill
  4. Englishtodayfusil

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūsus‘spindle’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fusel
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fusill
  4. Englishtodayfusil

Linked words

through Latin fūsus ‘spindle’

fusion, fuse, fusarium, fusiform, 5 more

through Old French fusel

fuselage

Another origin of fusil

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to shine’uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfocus‘hearth’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fusil
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin fūsus / fusil

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