Etymograph

English

Guillemin

Guillemin comes from Middle French guillemin.

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600guillemin
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gilmin
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1623Guillemin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600guillemin
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gilmin
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1623Guillemin

Earliest quotation: 1623, Andrew [i.e., André] Favine: “Thither likewiſe came all the Cleargie, of the Pariſhes…”

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 / Middle French guillemin / Guillemin