English
louis d'or
Louis d'or comes from French louis d'or.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlouis d'orliterally ‘golden louis’
- Englishearliest quotation 1831same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlouis d'orliterally ‘golden louis’
- Englishearliest quotation 1831same form
Earliest quotation: 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley: “They stopped at the most memorable places, and at…”
The story
Borrowed from French louis d'or (literally “golden louis”).
Every English word from French louis d'or
Today it means
noun Any of the gold coins first introduced in France under Louis XIII in 1640, based upon the Spanish doubloon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French louis d'or / louis d'or