English
intendant
Intendant comes from French intendant ‘intendant, administrator’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentintendant‘intendant, administrator’
- Englishearliest quotation 1861same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentintendant‘intendant, administrator’
- Englishearliest quotation 1861same form
Earliest quotation: 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell: “By-and-by, she wandered away to an unnecessary revelation of…”
Every English word from French intendant
Today it means
noun The administrator of an opera house or theater.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French intendant / intendant