Etymology

inveigle

in·vei·gle
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Today it means: To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles. Full definition →

Anglo-Norman enveugler ← Old French avogle ← Late Latin ab oculīs
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromab oculīs“without eyes”
  2. Old French · derived fromavogle“without eyes”
  3. Anglo-Norman · borrowed fromenveugler
  4. English todayinveigle

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman enveugler, alteration of aveugler (“to blind, to delude”), from Old French avogle (“without eyes”), from Late Latin ab oculīs (“without eyes”, literally “away from the eyes”). The in- might be by analogy to variation between a- and en- in other French words, which was then latinised into in-. For the pronunciation with /iː/, compare the development of people; that with /eɪ/ is presumably a spelling pronunciation.

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