English
alaunt
Alaunt comes from Old Spanish alán.
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500alán
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400alans
- Englishearliest quotation 1916alaunt
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500alán
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400alans
- Englishearliest quotation 1916alaunt
Earliest quotation: 1916, Albert Stanburrough Cook, Appendix B: Chaucer's Alaunts: “Les alans gentilz si doivent estre fez et taillez…”
The story
From Old French alans, alanz, itself from Old Spanish alán, itself possibly from Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*alans), designating the Alan tribe of Eastern Iranian origin who were active in Western Europe during the Migration Period and were associated with the breed.
Every English word from Old Spanish alán
Today it means
noun A domesticated dog of an extinct breed related to the modern bulldog and mastiff, or modern breeds created in imitation of it.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Spanish alán / alaunt