English
garrigue
Garrigue comes from French garrigue, from Occitan ‘Occitan man’, and ultimately from Latin Occitānus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEOccitānus‘Occitan’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentOccitan‘Occitan man’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentgarrigue
- Englishearliest quotation 1974same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEOccitānus‘Occitan’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentOccitan‘Occitan man’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentgarrigue
- Englishearliest quotation 1974same form
Earliest quotation: 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur: “Far away, on the stony garrigues by the fading…”
Linked words
through French Occitan ‘Occitan man’
Today it means
noun A type of low scrubland found on limestone soils in southern France and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Occitānus / garrigue