ferrule

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*weyh₁ros“threaded, turned, twisted”
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*weiros“crooked”
3. Latin · derived fromviriola“little bracelet”
4. Old French · derived fromvirole“ferrule”
5. Latin · derived fromferrum“iron”
6. Middle English · inherited fromverel
7. English todayferrule

From Middle English verel, virel, virole (“ferrule; metal pivot on the end of an axle”), altered under the influence of Latin ferrum (“iron”), from Old French virole (“ferrule”), from Latin viriola (“little bracelet”), diminutive of viria (“bracelet worn by men”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *weiros (“crooked”) (compare Middle Irish fiar (“bent, crooked”), Welsh gŵyr, Breton gwar (“curved”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁ros (“threaded, turned, twisted”), from *weyh₁- (“to turn, twist, weave”).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from early 17th c. A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting.
• from early 17th c. The metal spike at the end of the shaft of an ice axe.