English
Versaillais
Versaillais comes from French versaillais ‘of Versailles’, and goes back to Versailles.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentVersailles
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentversaillais‘of Versailles’
- EnglishtodayVersaillais
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentVersailles
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentversaillais‘of Versailles’
- EnglishtodayVersaillais
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn around’
word, worth, weird, version, ridiculous, divorce, conversation, diversity, vertical, diverse, advertisement, vortex, adverse, ridicule, convertible, advert, divert, revert, pervert, adversity, versatile, inverse, diversification, transverse, vertex, vertigo, avert, perverse, vertebrate, subvert, introvert, vert, averse, derision, deride, wurst, derisive, perversity, 65 more
through Latin versus ‘slope’
university, universe, universal, versus, verse, verso, 8 more
Today it means
adj Of, from or relating to the city of Versailles, Yvelines department, Île-de-France, France or the famous palace located there.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French Versailles / Versaillais