English
marquisate
Marquisate comes from Middle French marquisat.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600marquisat
- Englishearliest quotation 2009marquisate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600marquisat
- Englishearliest quotation 2009marquisate
Earliest quotation: 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall: “he has Mary Boleyn's word for it that the…”
Formed from marquis + -ate
Every English word from Middle French marquisat
Today it means
noun The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French marquisat / marquisate