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Occitan
Occitan comes from Medieval Latin Occitānus, and goes back to Old French langue d'oc.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400langue d'oc
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Occitānus
- Frenchc. 1600–presentoccitan
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Occitan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400langue d'oc
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Occitānus
- Frenchc. 1600–presentoccitan
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Occitan
Earliest quotation: 2024, Fiona Sampson, The other Dordogne: exploring France’s unspoiled Périgord re: “In Occitan a stroll, una passejada, is close to…”
Linked words
through French occitan
Today it means
name An endangered Romance language spoken in Occitania, a region of Europe that includes Southern France, Auvergne, Limousin, and some parts of Catalonia and Italy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French langue d'oc / Occitan