Etymograph

English

Magdalenian

Magdalenian comes from French Magdalénien.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentMagdalénien
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1981Magdalenian

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentMagdalénien
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1981Magdalenian

Earliest quotation: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology: “As the Sistine Chapel expresses the flowering of the…”

Formed from Magdalene + -ian

Ancient Greek Μαγδαλά

Ancient Greek Μαγδαληνή ‘woman from Magdala’

English Magdalene

Every English word from French Magdalénien

Today it means

adj Relating to the late Paleolithic culture typical of La Madeleine, c. 17000 to 12000 BCE.

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

Etymograph / French Magdalénien / Magdalenian

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