Etymograph

English

gasconade

Gasconade comes from Afrikaans Gascon ‘native of Gascony’.

  1. AfrikaansmodernGascon‘native of Gascony’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentgasconnade
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1652gasconade

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. AfrikaansmodernGascon‘native of Gascony’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentgasconnade
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1652gasconade

Earliest quotation: 1652, Thomas Urquhart, Εκσκυβαλαυρον [Ekskubalauron] (The Jewel): “[…] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads…”

Formed from Gascon ‘native of Gascony’ + -ade

Middle French gascon

Anglo-Norman gascoun

Middle English Gascoun ‘A Gascon’

English Gascon

Every English word from Afrikaans Gascon

Today it means

noun Boastful talk.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Afrikaans Gascon / gasconade

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