entail

entail · verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromtalea
2. Late Latin · derived fromtaliare
3. Old French · derived fromentaillier
4. Middle English · inherited fromentaillen
5. English todayentail

From Middle English entaillen, from Old French entaillier, entailler (“to notch”, literally “to cut in”); from prefix en- + tailler (“to cut”), from Late Latin taliare, from Latin talea. Compare late Latin feudum talliatum (“a fee entailed, i.e., curtailed or limited”).

entail · noun²

1. Old French · derived fromentaille“incision”
2. Middle English · inherited fromentaille“carving”
3. English todayentail

From Middle English entaille (“carving”), from Old French entaille (“incision”), from the verb entailler. See above.

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