Word origin
[1575–85; ‹ LL ‹ Gk
enallage᷄ an interchange, deriv. from base of
enalláttein to give in exchange; cf.
en-2,
agio]This word is first recorded in the period 1575–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: energy, formula, lyric, magazine, recallen- is a prefix meaning “within, in,” occurring in loanwords from Greek. Other wordsthat use the affix en- include: energy, enthusiasm