English
gräfin
Gräfin comes from German Gräfin ‘countess’, and goes back to Graf.
- Germanc. 1650–presentGraf
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentGräfin‘countess’
- Englishearliest quotation 1862gräfin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentGraf
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentGräfin‘countess’
- Englishearliest quotation 1862gräfin
Earliest quotation: 1862, Edward Heneage Dering, London: Hurst and Blackett: “Mrs. Grahame was puzzled at finding that her letters…”
Linked words
through German Graf
Today it means
noun A German countess.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Graf / gräfin