Where does “crenellation” come from?
crenellation (English) comes from English crenellate, from French créneler, from Old French crenel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
crenellation (English): A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture
Definitions
- A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture
Ancestry of “crenellation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crenellate | To furnish with crenelles; To indent; to notch |
| 2 | French | créneler | to form the shape of a crenel, to crenellate; to... |
| 3 | Old French | crenel | Alternative form of kernel; crenel, embrasure |
| 4 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |