English
Pimsleur
Pimsleur comes from French Pimsleur.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentPimsleur
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentPimsleur
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from French Pimsleur, a Jewish surname, perhaps a variant of German Pinsler, ultimately from Pinsel (‘paintbrush’) + -er.
Every English word from French Pimsleur
Today it means
name A surname
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French Pimsleur / Pimsleur