English
allemande
Allemande comes from French allemande ‘German (dance)’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentallemande‘German (dance)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1922same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentallemande‘German (dance)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1922same form
Earliest quotation: 1922, Eric Rücker Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance: “[…] sweet to us it is to behold delightful…”
Every English word from French allemande
Today it means
noun A popular instrumental dance form in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite, generally the first or second movement.
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Etymograph / French allemande / allemande