English
en garçon
En garçon comes from French en garçon ‘like a boy or young man’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presenten garçon‘like a boy or young man’
- Englishearliest quotation 1887same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presenten garçon‘like a boy or young man’
- Englishearliest quotation 1887same form
Earliest quotation: 1887, Mrs. wife of? Alexander Fraser, Drifting: “Were Lady Shropshire and Lady Silverlake there?" “Oh, no!—the…”
Every English word from French en garçon
Today it means
adv As a bachelor, or as if one were a bachelor; without one's wife.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French en garçon / en garçon