English
grand seigneur
Grand seigneur comes from French grand seigneur ‘true gentleman, dignified man’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgrand seigneur‘true gentleman, dignified man’literally ‘great lord’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgrand seigneur‘true gentleman, dignified man’literally ‘great lord’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Unadapted borrowing from French grand seigneur (literally “great lord”).
Every English word from French grand seigneur
Today it means
noun true gentleman, dignified man
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French grand seigneur / grand seigneur