English
grande-duchesse
Grande-duchesse comes from French grande-duchesse ‘grand duchess’, and goes back to Middle French grand duchesse.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600grand duchesse
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgrande-duchesse‘grand duchess’
- Englishearliest quotation 1921same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600grand duchesse
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgrande-duchesse‘grand duchess’
- Englishearliest quotation 1921same form
Earliest quotation: 1921, Town & Country: “The Grand-duc and Grande-duchesse Cyril, with their children, are…”
Every English word from Middle French grand duchesse
Today it means
noun A French grand duchess.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French grand duchesse / grande-duchesse