[1650–60; ‹ L praesēpe crib from which cattle or horses are fed, manger; the neighboring brighter starsGamma and Delta Cancri (Asellus Borealis and Asellus Australis) were pictured as asses which fed from a manger]This word is first recorded in the period 1650–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: oscillation, parade, profile, romantic, triplet