Etymology of the French word incunable
the French word
incunablederived from the New Latin word
incunabulum (apparatus of the cradle; one's earliest years; birthplace)
Date
The earliest known usage of incunable in French dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
incunable, Romanian
incunabulCognates
Dutch
incunabel, English
incunabulum, German
Inkunabeln, Swedish
inkunabel
