English
lanterloo
Lanterloo comes from French lanturlu.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlanturlu
- Englishearliest quotation 1963lanterloo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlanturlu
- Englishearliest quotation 1963lanterloo
Earliest quotation: 1963, Thomas Pynchon: “The helmsman began to sing a monotonous, Levantine lanterloo.”
Every English word from French lanturlu
Today it means
noun A meaningless chant or refrain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French lanturlu / lanterloo