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Etymology and origin of the French word feuilleret

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Established
Formation
Derivation
First attested
1647 Vie privée à Laval More words from the 17th century
Ultimate origin
French feuiller,-eret

Pronunciation

Forms

feuilleret m (plural feuillerets)[1] First recorded as feilleret (1647); feuilleret from 1676.[2][3]

Etymology

It is formed from French feuiller + -eret, the verb meaning “to cut a rebate in” (recorded in 1357).[2][4][5] That verb probably comes from Vulgar Latin *fodiculō, the source of fouiller, with its form influenced by Old French fueille, modern feuille.[2] The Petit Robert instead derives the word directly from the noun.[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is first found as feilleret in a 1647 record of private life in Laval, naming a woodworker's plane.[2][3]

Semantic evolution

The word has kept its single technical sense, a plane for cutting rebates and certain mouldings, used by joiners, parquet layers and cabinetmakers.[2][4] Félibien has it in 1676, the date the TLFi, the FEW and the Grand Robert long gave as its first record.[2][3] Littré already calls it the old name of the tool.[5]

Timeline

  • 1647 – Feilleret appears in a document from Laval.[2][7]
  • 1676 – Félibien uses the form feuilleret.[2][4]

Meanings

Noun

  1. (woodworking) A fillister, a plane used by joiners and parquet layers to cut rebates and some mouldings.[2][6][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Trésor de la langue française informatisé (2004), ATILF – CNRS & Université de Lorraine, atilf.fr/tlfi; electronic version of Imbs, Paul; Quemada, Bernard, eds. (1971–1994), Trésor de la langue française, Paris: CNRS / Gallimard
  3. ^ a b c Quemada, Bernard, ed. (1959–2006), Datations et documents lexicographiques (Base historique du vocabulaire français, BHVF), Paris: Klincksieck / CNRS / Champion; ATILF
  4. ^ a b c Guilbert, Louis; Lagane, René; Niobey, Georges, eds. (1971–1978; 1989), Grand Larousse de la langue française, Paris: Larousse
  5. ^ a b Littré, Émile (1873–1877), Dictionnaire de la langue française, 4 vols. and supplement, Paris: Hachette
  6. ^ a b Rey-Debove, Josette; Rey, Alain, eds. (2007), Le Petit Robert de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
  7. ^ Rey, Alain, ed. (2005), Le Grand Robert de la langue française, electronic version, Paris: Le Robert
Cite this entry

“Feuilleret.” Etymologically, 14 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/fr/feuilleret. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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