Etymology of the English word aglet
the English word
agletderived from the Old French word
aguillettederived from the Old French word
aguillederived from the Latin word
acuculaderived from the Late Latin word
acus (husks of grain, beans, chaff; needle, pin; hair-pin)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ak-Date
The earliest known usage of aglet in English dates from the 15th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
