English
gorgerette
Gorgerette comes from French gorgerette ‘gorget, wimple’, and goes back to gorgère.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgorgère
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentgorgerette‘gorget, wimple’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgorgère
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentgorgerette‘gorget, wimple’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from French gorgère
Today it means
noun Synonym of gorget (“piece of armor; piece of clothing”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French gorgère / gorgerette