Etymograph

English

Undine

Undine comes from German Undine.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentUndine
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1818same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Germanc. 1650–presentUndine
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1818same form

Earliest quotation: 1818, Translation by George Soane of Undine, W.Simpkin and R. Marshall: “The child, on the contrary, would by no means…”

first attested From German Undine (“undine”), first used as a given name in the novel Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué and in 19th-century operas based on the book (as stated in the etymology)

Every English word from German Undine

Today it means

name A female given name from Latin.

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

Etymograph / German Undine / Undine

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