English
sampler
Sampler comes from Old French essamplaire ‘example’, and goes back to Latin exemplāris ‘exemplary’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexemplāris‘exemplary’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400essamplaire‘example’
- Englishtodaysampler
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexemplāris‘exemplary’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400essamplaire‘example’
- Englishtodaysampler
Linked words
through Latin exemplāris ‘exemplary’
Today it means
noun A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin exemplāris / sampler