Etymograph

English

Malinois

Malinois comes from French Malines, and goes back to West Flemish Mechelen.

  1. West FlemishmodernMechelen
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentMalines
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2024Malinois

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. West FlemishmodernMechelen
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentMalines
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2024Malinois

Earliest quotation: 2024, Kate Connolly, German prosecutors urge Red Army Faction suspects to surrend: “I remember him so well because I love dogs…”

Today it means

noun —

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

Etymograph / West Flemish Mechelen / Malinois