- enamel (v.)
- early 14c., from Anglo-French enamailler (early 14c.), from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + amailler "to enamel," variant of Old French esmailler, from esmal "enamel," from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltjan "to smelt" (see smelt (v.)). Related: Enameled; enameler; enameling.
- enamel (n.)
- early 15c., in ceramics, from enamel (v.). As "hardest part of a tooth," 1718, from a use in French émail.
