English
infibulation
Infibulation comes from Latin infībulō ‘to close with a clasp or pin’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfībulō‘to close with a clasp or pin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1991infibulation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfībulō‘to close with a clasp or pin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1991infibulation
Earliest quotation: 1991, Will Self: “When Janner wasn’t telling me about infibulation among the…”
Every English word from Latin infībulō
Today it means
noun An act of fastening.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin infībulō / infibulation