Where does “entailment” come from?
Entailment comes from English entail plus the suffix -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum, a noun-forming suffix derived from Latin mens meaning mind, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European men- meaning to think.
entailment (English): The act of entailing, the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of entailing, the state of being...
Ancestry of “entailment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | entail | To imply or require; To settle or fix inalienably... |
| 2 | Middle English | entaillen | — |
| 3 | Old French | entaillier | — |
| 4 | Old French | tailler | to cut |
| 5 | Latin | taliāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | talea | A long or slender piece of wood or metal; rod,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | teh₂l- | to grow; young animal |