English
ineye
Ineye comes from Middle English *ineyen.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*ineyenreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1768ineye
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*ineyenreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1768ineye
Earliest quotation: 1768, John Gibson: “One would be almost here tempted to believe, that…”
Every English word from Middle English *ineyen
Today it means
verb To innoculate or bud; ingraft or propagate (as a tree or plant) by the insertion of a bud.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English *ineyen / ineye