Where does “entrail” come from?
entrail (English) comes from Middle English entraille, from Old French entraille, from Late Latin intralia, from Latin interānea, from Latin interaneus, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
entrail (English): To interweave or bind; To outline in black;...
Definitions
- To interweave or bind; To outline in black;...
Ancestry of “entrail”, step by step
entrail traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English entraille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | entraille | — |
| 2 | Old French | entraille | guts |
| 3 | Late Latin | intralia | — |
| 4 | Latin | interānea | — |
| 5 | Latin | interaneus | internal, inward |
| 6 | Latin | inter | between, among; during, while |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |
via English trail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trail | To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something) |
| 2 | Middle English | trailen | to hang loosely, drag along, drag away |
| 3 | Old French | trailler | to tow; pick up the scent of a quarry |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tragulare | to drag |
| 5 | Latin | trāgula | a javelin or dart having a throwing-strap (āmentum) |