Etymograph

English

Waldense

Waldense comes from Medieval Latin Waldensis.

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Waldensis
  2. EnglishtodayWaldense

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Waldensis
  2. EnglishtodayWaldense

The story

From Medieval Latin Waldensis (c. 1170), so called from Petrus Waldus, or Peter Waldo, a merchant of Lyon, who founded this sect around AD 1170. For the surname, see Waldo.

Every English word from Medieval Latin Waldensis

Today it means

noun A member of a sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont.

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Etymograph / Medieval Latin Waldensis / Waldense

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