English
executant
Executant comes from French exécutant.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentexécutant
- Englishearliest quotation 1987executant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentexécutant
- Englishearliest quotation 1987executant
Earliest quotation: 1987, Bernard Shaw: “[…] no composer or dramatic poet has ever pretended…”
Equivalent to execute + -ant
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
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Proto-Italic *sekʷōr ‘to follow, come/go after’
Latin sequor ‘to follow’
Latin exsecutus ‘having executed, accomplished’
Old French executer
English execute
Every English word from French exécutant
Today it means
noun A person who executes a dance or piece of music; a performer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French exécutant / executant