English
Sèvres
Sèvres comes from French Sèvres.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentSèvres
- Englishearliest quotation 1843same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentSèvres
- Englishearliest quotation 1843same form
Earliest quotation: 1843, John Ruskin, London: Smith: “[…]let them tell me candidly which is nearest truth,…”
Every English word from French Sèvres
Today it means
name A town in France on the outskirts of Paris.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French Sèvres / Sèvres