Where does “inveigle” come from?

Inveigle comes from French aveugler, meaning to blind, from Old French aveugle meaning blind, ultimately from Latin ab- meaning away and -are a verbal suffix.

inveigle (English): To convert, convince, or win over with flattery...

Definitions

  1. To convert, convince, or win over with flattery...

Ancestry of “inveigle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaveuglerto blind
2Frenchaveuglépast participle of aveugler; blinded
3Middle Frenchaveugle—
4Old Frenchavogleblind; blind person; inflection of avogler: ##...
5Latinab oculisblind
6Gaulishexsopseyeless, blind
7Proto-Celticexs-out
8Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵʰsout; from, out of

Words derived from “inveigle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵʰs →Every word from Proto-Celtic exs- →Every word from Gaulish exsops →