Etymology

empanel

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Today it means: A list of jurors; a panel. Full definition →

Middle English empanellen ← Old French empaneller
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromempaneller
  2. Middle English · inherited fromempanellen
  3. English todayempanel

The verb is from Middle English empanellen, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empaneller.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.