English
Percheron
Percheron comes from French Percheron.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentPercheron
- Englishearliest quotation 1933same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentPercheron
- Englishearliest quotation 1933same form
Earliest quotation: 1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once: “His name was Wolfe and he had about twenty-eight…”
Every English word from French Percheron
Today it means
noun A breed of draught horse of a large, strong, usually dapple-grey type.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French Percheron / Percheron