trammel

The story

1. Late Latin · derived fromtremaculum
2. Old French · derived fromtramail“net for catching fish”
3. Middle English · inherited fromtrameyle
4. English todaytrammel

From Middle English trameyle, from Old French tramail (“net for catching fish”), from Late Latin tremaculum, from tri- (“tri-”) + macula (“spot, speck; mesh, cell”). Cognate with Italian tramaglio (“trammel”), Spanish trasmallo (“drift net”).

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