English
Gascon
Gascon comes from Middle French gascon.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600gascon
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400gascoun
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Gascoun‘A Gascon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1948Gascon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600gascon
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400gascoun
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Gascoun‘A Gascon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1948Gascon
Earliest quotation: 1948, The New Pictures: “Gene Kelly plays D'Artagnan as an irrepressible, tongue-in-cheek Gascon…”
Every English word from Middle French gascon
Today it means
noun A native or inhabitant of Gascony, a region of southwest France.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French gascon / Gascon