English
faburden
Faburden comes from French faux-bourdon ‘drone (bee)’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfaux-bourdonas faux bourdon‘drone (bee)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1596faburden
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfaux-bourdonas faux bourdon‘drone (bee)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1596faburden
Earliest quotation: 1596, Thomas Nashe, The Letter of Harueys Tutor to his Father, as touching his m: “[B]ecause he obseru'd Ergo was the deadly clap of…”
Every English word from French faux-bourdon
Today it means
noun A kind of counterpoint with a drone bass.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French faux-bourdon / faburden