Etymograph

English

Haute-Corse

Haute-Corse comes from French Haute-Corse.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentHaute-Corseliterally ‘Upper Corsica’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentHaute-Corseliterally ‘Upper Corsica’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from French Haute-Corse (literally “Upper Corsica”).

Today it means

name A department of Corsica, France.

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

Etymograph / French Haute-Corse / Haute-Corse