Etymology

earles

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Today it means: deposit (on a purchase, etc.) Full definition →

Scots arles ← Middle English erles ← Old French erres
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromarrha
  2. Old French · derived fromerres
  3. Middle English · inherited fromerles
  4. Scots · borrowed fromarles
  5. English todayearles

From Scots arles, from Middle English erles, from Old French erres (modern French arrhes), from Latin arrha.

Words from the same roots

Latinarrha all →

arrha

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