Etymograph

English

Malvinas

Malvinas comes from French Malouines.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentMalouines
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentMalvinas
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1988same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentMalouines
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentMalvinas
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1988same form

Earliest quotation: 1988, Lowell S. Gustafson, The Sovereignty Dispute Over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands: “Argentina might be granted political sovereignty over the Malvinas…”

Every English word from French Malouines

Today it means

name The Falkland Islands, the Falklands: An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic.

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

Etymograph / French Malouines / Malvinas

Shirt and support for this word