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
- To convert, convince, or win over with flattery...
Ancestry of “inveigle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | aveugler | to blind |
| 2 | French | aveuglé | past participle of aveugler; blinded |
| 3 | Middle French | aveugle | — |
| 4 | Old French | avogle | blind; blind person; inflection of avogler:
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| 5 | Latin | ab oculis | blind |
| 6 | Gaulish | exsops | — |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | exs- | out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵʰs | out; from, out of |
Words derived from “inveigle”