Etymograph

English

Lynette

Lynette comes from Welsh Eluned.

  1. Welshc. 1500–presentEluned
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1872Lynette

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Welshc. 1500–presentEluned
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1872Lynette

Earliest quotation: 1872, Alfred Tennyson: “'My name?' she said - 'Lynette, my name; noble;…”

Formed from Lynn + -ette

first attested Anglicized form of Welsh Eluned, first used by Tennyson in the Idylls of the King(1859-85), altered by folk etymology to be Lynn + -ette (as stated in the etymology)

The story

Anglicized form of Welsh Eluned, first used by Tennyson in the Idylls of the King(1859-85), altered by folk etymology to be Lynn + -ette.folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted.

Every English word from Welsh Eluned

Today it means

name A female given name from Welsh.

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

Etymograph / Welsh Eluned / Lynette

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