Etymograph

English

Suzette

Suzette comes from French Suzette, and goes back to Suzanne ‘Susan’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentSuzanne‘Susan’
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentSuzette
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1909same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentSuzanne‘Susan’
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentSuzette
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1909same form

Earliest quotation: 1909, Frank Berkeley Smith, The Horrors of War: “Halt!” shouted the general as the happiest of Suzettes…”

Today it means

name A female given name from French.

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

Etymograph / French Suzanne / Suzette