Etymology

entrail

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Today it means: To interweave or bind. Full definition →

English trail ← Middle English trailen ← Old French trailler
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entrail · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  9. Latintrahō
  10. Latintrāgula
  11. Vulgar Latin*tragulāre
  12. Old Frenchtrailler
  13. Middle Englishtrailen
  14. Englishtrail
  15. English todayentrail

From en- + trail.

entrail · noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromintrānea
  2. Late Latin · derived fromintrālia
  3. Old French · derived fromentraille
  4. Middle English · inherited fromentraille
  5. English todayentrail

From Middle English entraille, from Old French entraille (compare modern French entrailles), from Late Latin intrālia, modification of Latin intrānea, contraction of interāneum (“gut, intestine”), substantive of interāneus (“internal, inward”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishentraille all →

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