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)

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

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