English
Nieuport
Nieuport comes from Middle Dutch nieuw ‘new’.
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500nieuw‘new’
- Dutchc. 1500–presentNieuwpoort
- Frenchc. 1600–presentNieuport
- Englishearliest quotation 1986same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500nieuw‘new’
- Dutchc. 1500–presentNieuwpoort
- Frenchc. 1600–presentNieuport
- Englishearliest quotation 1986same form
Earliest quotation: 1986, Jack Beatty, Along the Western Front: “Ypres was not the actual start of the front;…”
Every English word from Middle Dutch nieuw
Today it means
name A city and municipality of West Flanders, Belgium.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Dutch nieuw / Nieuport