English
inkhorn
Inkhorn comes from Middle English ynkhorn ‘small portable vessel, originally made of…’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ynkhorn‘small portable vessel, originally made of horn, used to hold ink’
- Englishearliest quotation 1591inkhorn
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ynkhorn‘small portable vessel, originally made of horn, used to hold ink’
- Englishearliest quotation 1591inkhorn
Earliest quotation: 1591, William Shakespeare, The First Part of Henry the Sixt: “And ere that we will ſuffer ſuch a Prince,…”
Every English word from Middle English ynkhorn
Today it means
noun A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English ynkhorn / inkhorn