Etymograph

English

Roubaisian

Roubaisian comes from Middle French Roubaisien.

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Roubaisien
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1967Roubaisian

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Roubaisien
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1967Roubaisian

Earliest quotation: 1967, Raymond Queneau translated by Barbara Wr, Between blue and blue: a sort of novel: “Sure enough, she is indeed Canadian and not by…”

Today it means

noun A person who was born in, or is a citizen or inhabitant of Roubaix, France

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

Etymograph / Middle French Roubaisien / Roubaisian