English
Louvre
Louvre comes from French Louvre.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentLouvre
- Englishearliest quotation 1889same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentLouvre
- Englishearliest quotation 1889same form
Earliest quotation: 1889, Alexandre Dumas, Dame de Monsoreau: Volume 1: “They are cries which show that every one has…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos ‘wolf’
through Latin lupus ‘wolf’
Today it means
name A famous art museum and former royal palace in Paris, France.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French Louvre / Louvre