English
Gévaudan
Gévaudan comes from French Gévaudan.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentGévaudan
- Englishearliest quotation 2011same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
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- Frenchc. 1600–presentGévaudan
- Englishearliest quotation 2011same form
Earliest quotation: 2011, Jay M. Smith, Monsters of the Gévaudan: The Making of a Beast: “With a physical description that defied belief, and the…”
Every English word from French Gévaudan
Today it means
name A former county and historical area in southern France succeeded by the department of Lozère.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French Gévaudan / Gévaudan