Etymograph

English

Wisconsinite

Wisconsinite comes from French Ouisconsinite.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentOuisconsinite
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022Wisconsinite

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentOuisconsinite
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022Wisconsinite

Earliest quotation: 2022, Billy Witz, Badgers’ Home-State Plans Become Celebration for Opposing Wi: “For the two Wisconsinites, it was the type of…”

Equivalent to Wisconsin + -ite

French Ouisconsin

English Wisconsin

Today it means

adj Of, or from, the state of Wisconsin.

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

Etymograph / French Ouisconsinite / Wisconsinite