Etymology

entrails

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Today it means: The internal organs of an animal, especially the intestines. Full definition →

Middle English entraille ← Old French entrailles ← Vulgar Latin intrālia
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  1. Latin · derived frominterānea
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived fromintrālia
  3. Old French · derived fromentrailles
  4. Middle English · inherited fromentraille
  5. English todayentrails

From Middle English entraille, entrailles, from Old French entrailles, from Vulgar Latin intrālia, from Latin interānea, from interāneus, from inter. Compare Spanish entraña.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishentraille all →

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