English
sendal
Sendal comes from Old French cendal.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400cendal
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1394sendal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400cendal
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1394sendal
Earliest quotation: a. 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue: “In sangwyn and in pers he clad was al,…”
Every English word from Old French cendal
Today it means
noun A light silk cloth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French cendal / sendal