English
maquisard
Maquisard comes from French maquis ‘macchia’, and goes back to machja.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmachja
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmaquis‘macchia’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmaquisard
- Englishearliest quotation 1977same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmachja
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmaquis‘macchia’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmaquisard
- Englishearliest quotation 1977same form
Earliest quotation: 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace: “The revolt touched bottom, reduced to little more than…”
Every English word from French machja
Today it means
noun A member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French during the German occupation of 1940-5.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French machja / maquisard