Etymograph

English

Limoux

Limoux comes from Occitan Limós.

  1. Occitanc. 1500–presentLimós
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentLimoux
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2012same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Occitanc. 1500–presentLimós
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentLimoux
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2012same form

Earliest quotation: 2012, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggi: “The summit of the climb came 38km from the…”

Today it means

name A city in Aude department, France.

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

Etymograph / Occitan Limós / Limoux