English
en-tout-cas
En-tout-cas comes from French en tout cas ‘in any case’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presenten tout cas‘in any case’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002en-tout-cas
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presenten tout cas‘in any case’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002en-tout-cas
Earliest quotation: 2002, Lewis Spence, A Mountain View: “A hundred yards down the road a splendid en-tout-cas…”
Every English word from French en tout cas
Today it means
noun A kind of parasol that can protect from either sunshine or rain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French en tout cas / en-tout-cas