English
gobony
Gobony comes from Old French gobon.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gobon
- Englishearliest quotation 1899gobony
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gobon
- Englishearliest quotation 1899gobony
Earliest quotation: 1899, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: “Argent, a lion rampant azure, debruised by a bend…”
Formed from gobbon ‘piece, portion, slice’ + -y
Every English word from Old French gobon
Today it means
adj Compony.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French gobon / gobony