prehensile adjective from Latin prehendere (grasp) to French préhensile to English prehensile, first used in 1785

able to grab (usually describing an animal’s tail)
Around the year 1700, the word prehensile --

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had not been spoken

was only used in Latin

was commonly used in English

was used in French but not English

was used in French but not English