English
illaqueable
Illaqueable comes from Latin illaqueō ‘to entrap’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEillaqueō‘to entrap’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678illaqueable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEillaqueō‘to entrap’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678illaqueable
Earliest quotation: 1678, Ralph Cudworth, London: […] Richard Royston: “As concerning the infamous and diabolical magic, he that…”
Formed from -able
Every English word from Latin illaqueō
Today it means
adj Capable of being ensnared or entrapped.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin illaqueō / illaqueable