| Remarks |
'Girelle' from Provençal 'gir', i.e., tournament, from Latin 'gyrus', i.e., circle (p. 867 in Ref. 11853); 'taches d'encre', i.e., Indian ink spots; 'taches' from Old Francique 'teche, têkan' (i.e., mark) of the same origin as in Gothic 'taikns' (German 'Zeichen', i.e., sign) (p. 729 in Ref. 9404); 'encre' from Low Latin 'encautum, encaustum', i.e., a painting process which employs colors thinned out in melted wax (p. 635 in 11853) and later on referred to as the red ink symbol used by emperors (p. 264 in Ref. 9404), borrowed from Greek 'egkauston, egkaiein', i.e., to burn (p. 635 in Ref 1853). |