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)

ink (dark liquid used for writing, etc.)

Descendants

Middle French: ancre
- French: encre
- Norman: encre
- Walloon: intche
→ Middle English: ynke, ynk, hynke, enke, henk
- English: ink, inke
  - → Japanese: インク (inku)
  - → Korean: 잉크 (ingkeu)
  - → Telugu: ఇంకి (iṅki)
  - → Welsh: inc
- Scots: ink
→ Sicilian: inca (obsolete)
- → Maltese: linka

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (encre, supplement)

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