English
Renaissance
Renaissance comes from French renaissance ‘rebirth, renaissance’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrenaissance‘rebirth, renaissance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1995Renaissance
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Frenchc. 1600–presentrenaissance‘rebirth, renaissance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1995Renaissance
Earliest quotation: 1995, Steven Levy, The Unabomber and David Gelernter: “Gelernter believes that computers and their mirror-world capabilities will…”
Every English word from French renaissance
Today it means
name The 14th-century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French renaissance / Renaissance