Etymograph

English

Guillelmite

Guillelmite comes from French guillelmite.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentguillelmite
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1733Guillelmite

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentguillelmite
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1733Guillelmite

Earliest quotation: 1733, John Lockman, Nine-Day Devotions; Their Retirements and Foundations”: “Three Companies of Citizens attend the Saint’s triumphal Car.…”

Equivalent to Guillelmus + -ite

Another origin of Guillelmite

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEGuillelmita
  2. EnglishtodayGuillelmite

Today it means

noun Synonym of Williamite (“member of the Hermits of Saint William”).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / French guillelmite / Guillelmite