English
jazerant
Jazerant comes from Old French jazerant ‘jazerant, jazeraint’, and goes back to Arabic جَزَائِرِيّ ‘Algerian, of Algiers’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentجَزَائِرِيّjazāʔiriyy‘Algerian, of Algiers’
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500jazerenc
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400jazerant‘jazerant, jazeraint’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500jessera(u)nt
- Englishearliest quotation 1786jazerant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentجَزَائِرِيّjazāʔiriyy‘Algerian, of Algiers’
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500jazerenc
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400jazerant‘jazerant, jazeraint’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500jessera(u)nt
- Englishearliest quotation 1786jazerant
Earliest quotation: 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons: “The jazerant, is according to Du Cange, a sort…”
Every English word from Arabic جَزَائِرِيّ
Today it means
noun A coat of defense of Arab origin, made of small plates of metal sewn upon linen or similar, like a brigandine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic جَزَائِرِيّ / jazerant