English
Madeleine
Madeleine comes from French Madeleine, and goes back to Latin Magdalēna.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMagdalēna
- Frenchc. 1600–presentMadeleine
- Englishearliest quotation 1967same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMagdalēna
- Frenchc. 1600–presentMadeleine
- Englishearliest quotation 1967same form
Earliest quotation: 1967, Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There: “We've been making up the most glamorous names for…”
Every English word from Latin Magdalēna
Today it means
name A female given name from French, variant of Madeline.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Magdalēna / Madeleine