ancle
See also: anclé
English
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editNoun
editancle (plural ancles)
- Obsolete spelling of ankle.
- 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 14:
- ...as 'tis the principal opponent of that great joint the ancle...
- 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 100:
- Her imagination was busy, her reflections were pleasant, and the pain of a sprained ancle was disregarded.
- 1818, William Cowherd, Facts authentic, in science and religion:
- A silver hoop, or ring, which the Indian women fasten round their naked ancles, because they use neither shoes nor stockings.
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editancle
Middle English
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editEtymology
editFrom Old English *ancol, *ancel, from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz. Some forms are from anclēo, anclēow, which is from the same Proto-Germanic word suffixed with an unknown element.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editancle (plural ancles)
Descendants
edit- English: ankle (dialectal ancley, anclef, ancliff; obsolete ancle)
- Scots: ankleth, anklet (fusion of Middle English ancle and lith); hankle
References
edit- “anclẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-25.
Spanish
editVerb
editancle
- inflection of anclar:
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