enque

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin encaustum, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston).

Noun

enque oblique singular, m (oblique plural enques, nominative singular enques, nominative plural enque)

  1. ink (dark liquid used for writing, etc.)

Descendants

  • Middle French: ancre
  • → Middle English: ynke, ynk, hynke, enke, henk
  • → Sicilian: inca (obsolete)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (encre, supplement)
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