English
immortelle
Immortelle comes from French immortelle.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentimmortelle
- Englishearliest quotation 1888same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentimmortelle
- Englishearliest quotation 1888same form
Earliest quotation: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, His Chance in Life: “[…] a big rabbit-warren of a house full of…”
Every English word from French immortelle
Today it means
noun Any of various papery flowers, often dried and used as decoration.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French immortelle / immortelle