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emblement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
em-ble-ment
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An annual crop produced by cultivation, treated as personal property.

Etymology

1485, from Old French emblayement, emblaiment (“harvest, crop”), from emblaer, emblaier, emblader (French emblaver, “to sow with grain”), from Medieval Latin imblādāre (“to sow with grain”), from im- + blādum (French blé, “grain”), from Frankish *blād (“produce”), from Proto-Germanic *blēdaz, *blēdō (“flower, leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhlēdh-, *bhlō(w)-, *bhol- (“to flower; leaf”). Cognate with Old High German blāt (“flower, blossom, prosperity”), Middle Dutch blaad (“leaf”), Old English blǣd (“shoot, flower, fruit, harvest, wealth”). More at bloom.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: emblayement, imblādāre, *blād, *blēdaz, *bhlēdh-

Inflected Forms

emblements (plural)

Questions

What does emblement mean?
An annual crop produced by cultivation, treated as personal property.
Where does emblement come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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