English
Yvette
Yvette comes from French Yvette.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentYvette
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentYvette
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
The politics sense is a reference to the name of a docile young girl in a school textbook, and was popularized by separatist politician Lise Payette (1931–2018).
Every English word from French Yvette
Today it means
name A female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French Yvette / Yvette