English
feuilletonist
Feuilletonist comes from French feuilleton ‘serial, feuilleton, literary article’, from feuillet ‘page, leaf’, and ultimately from Old French feuil.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400feuil
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfeuillet‘page, leaf’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfeuilleton‘serial, feuilleton, literary article’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfeuilletoniste
- Englishearliest quotation 1840feuilletonist
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400feuil
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfeuillet‘page, leaf’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfeuilleton‘serial, feuilleton, literary article’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfeuilletoniste
- Englishearliest quotation 1840feuilletonist
Earliest quotation: 1840, Honoré de Balzac: “But for all this, Grassou gave excellent counsel, like…”
Equivalent to feuilleton + -ist
Old French feuil
French feuillet ‘page, leaf’
French feuilleton ‘serial, feuilleton, literary article’
English feuilleton
Every English word from Old French feuil
Today it means
noun A writer of feuilletons.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French feuil / feuilletonist