Etymograph

English

North Carolina

North Carolina comes from Latin; the Latin form is not named.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEform not named
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023North Carolina

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEform not named
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023North Carolina

Earliest quotation: 2023, Cheng-yu Yang, Southeastern US states all offer Taiwan support: “The North Carolina legislature has passed a “Taiwan-Friendly Statement,”…”

Today it means

name A state of the United States, situated on the east coast of the North American mainland north of South Carolina and south of Virginia. Capital: Raleigh.

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

Etymograph / North Carolina