English
jasp
Jasp comes from Middle English jasp(e), and goes back to Old French jaspe.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400jaspe
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500jasp(e)
- Englishearliest quotation 1591jasp
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400jaspe
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500jasp(e)
- Englishearliest quotation 1591jasp
Earliest quotation: 1591, Edmund Spenser, The Visions of Bellay: “The floor of Jasp and Emerauld was dight”.
Every English word from Old French jaspe
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French jaspe / jasp