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Louisianese

Louisianese comes from French louisianais ‘Louisianian’, and goes back to Frankish *Hlūdawīg.

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*Hlūdawīgreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELudovicus
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Looïs
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Loïs
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentLouis
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentLouisiane‘Louisiana’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentlouisianais‘Louisianian’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1798Louisianese

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*Hlūdawīgreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELudovicus
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Looïs
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Loïs
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentLouis
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentLouisiane‘Louisiana’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentlouisianais‘Louisianian’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1798Louisianese

Earliest quotation: 1798, Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry: “I boaſt of being married to a Louiſianeſe, whoſe…”

Equivalent to Louisiana + -ese

Frankish *Hlūdawīg

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Old French Looïs

Middle French Loïs

French Louis

French Louisiane

English Louisiana

Linked words

through French Louis

lew, 1 more

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to Louisiana or its people; Louisianian.

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

Etymograph / Frankish *Hlūdawīg / Louisianese

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