English
Marocain
Marocain comes from French Marocain ‘Moroccan’, and goes back to Medieval Latin Marrochium.
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Marrochium‘the city of Marrakech, the former capital of Morocco’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentMaroc‘Morocco’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentMarocain‘Moroccan’
- Englishearliest quotation 1860same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Marrochium‘the city of Marrakech, the former capital of Morocco’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentMaroc‘Morocco’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentMarocain‘Moroccan’
- Englishearliest quotation 1860same form
Earliest quotation: 1860, Robert Hogg, Grapes: “Gros Maroc (Marocain).—Bunches large, long, and shouldered, and with…”
Every English word from Medieval Latin Marrochium
Today it means
name A variety of grape.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Medieval Latin Marrochium / Marocain