English
jusquaboutist
Jusquaboutist comes from French jusqu'au-boutiste ‘extremist, hardline’, and goes back to jusqu'au bout ‘all the way, to the bitter end’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentjusqu'au bout‘all the way, to the bitter end’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentjusqu'au-boutiste‘extremist, hardline’
- Englishtodayjusquaboutist
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentjusqu'au bout‘all the way, to the bitter end’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentjusqu'au-boutiste‘extremist, hardline’
- Englishtodayjusquaboutist
Every English word from French jusqu'au bout
Today it means
noun An extremist; a hardliner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French jusqu'au bout / jusquaboutist