English
jessant
Jessant comes from Old French gesant.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gesant
- Englishearliest quotation 1982jessant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gesant
- Englishearliest quotation 1982jessant
Earliest quotation: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music: “That night she finds a locket on her pillow.…”
Every English word from Old French gesant
Today it means
adj Describing a charge which appears over, or covers, another charge as well as the field.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French gesant / jessant