Etymology of the French word émail

Date

The earliest known usage of émail in French dates from the 12th century.

Derivations in French

émailler, contre-émail

Derivations in other languages

Romanian email

Cognates

Catalan esmalt, Dutch émail, English enamel, German Email, Icelandic emaléra, Italian smalto, Lithuanian emalis, Norwegian emalje, Polish emalia, Portuguese esmalte, Russian эмaль, Spanish esmalte, Swedish emalj