English
farceur
Farceur comes from French farceur ‘actor who plays in a farce’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfarceur‘actor who plays in a farce’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfarceur‘actor who plays in a farce’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987same form
Earliest quotation: 1987, Tom Grabosky, Who Hears an Orton?: “[…] and as always, the best avenue for resolving…”
Every English word from French farceur
Today it means
noun A person who writes farces, or who performs in them.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French farceur / farceur