English
Savoyard
Savoyard comes from French Savoy.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentSavoy
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentSavoyard
- Englishearliest quotation 2020same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentSavoy
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentSavoyard
- Englishearliest quotation 2020same form
Earliest quotation: 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light: “He is one of the Emperor’s French-speaking subjects, not…”
Linked words
through French Savoyard
Today it means
noun A native or inhabitant of Savoy, a cultural region, largely part of the modern administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French Savoy / Savoyard