English
guiler
Guiler comes from Old French guilëor.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400guilëor
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500giler
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1385guiler
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400guilëor
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500giler
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1385guiler
Earliest quotation: c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman: “And þow hast gyuen hire to a gyloure ·…”
Formed from guile + -er
Proto-Indo-European *wey- ‘to turn, bend’
…
Frankish *wīl ‘ruse’
Old French guile ‘deception’
Anglo-Norman gile
Middle English gile
English guile
Every English word from Old French guilëor
Today it means
noun A deceiver, a beguiler.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French guilëor / guiler