Etymograph

English

Limousin

Limousin comes from French Limousin ‘native or inhabitant of the Limousin region of…’, and goes back to Latin Lemovicinus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELemovicinus
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentLimousin‘native or inhabitant of the Limousin region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELemovicinus
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentLimousin‘native or inhabitant of the Limousin region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from French Limousin, from Latin Lemovicinus, adjective form of Lemovices, name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.

Every English word from Latin Lemovicinus

Today it means

name A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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

Etymograph / Latin Lemovicinus / Limousin

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