Etymograph

English

Sorbonist

Sorbonist comes from French sorboniste.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsorboniste
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1644Sorbonist

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsorboniste
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1644Sorbonist

Earliest quotation: 1644, John Milton: “But of our Priests and Doctors how many have…”

Today it means

noun A student or teacher at the Sorbonne.

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

Etymograph / French sorboniste / Sorbonist