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enrol

Meaningput on a roll

Common meaning: officially register

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchenroller‘put on a roll’source
  2. Frenchensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsput on a roll → officially registerenrol‘officially register’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old French enroller ‘put on a roll’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry ENROL, p. 192 · dictionary scan

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