Etymology

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Today it means: Not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless. Full definition →

Old French tramail ← Late Latin tremaculum
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The story

  1. Late Latin · derived fromtremaculum
  2. Old French · derived fromtramail“net for catching fishes”
  3. English todayuntrammeled

From trammel (“fishing net; shackle”), from Old French tramail (“net for catching fishes”), from Late Latin tremaculum.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchtramail all →

trammel

Late Latintremaculum all →

trammel

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