essainple

Old French

Alternative forms

• essample, ensaumple, example

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exemplum.

Noun

essainple oblique singular, m (oblique plural essainples, nominative singular essainples, nominative plural essainple)

1. example (all meanings)

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: ensample
  • → Middle English: ensaumple
    • English: ensample
    • Scots: ensaumple
  • ⇒ Anglo-Norman: sample, saumple (aphetic form)
    • → Middle English: saumple, sample, saumpel
      • English: sample
      • Scots: saumple
• Anglo-Norman: exaumple, exaumpel, xsample
  • → Middle English: exaumple
    • English: example
    • Scots: exemple
• French: exemple
  • → Romanian: exemplu
• → Irish: sampla