English
martin
Martin comes from Middle French martin.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600martin
- Englishearliest quotation 1842same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600martin
- Englishearliest quotation 1842same form
Earliest quotation: 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.: “Roof-haunting martins warm their eggs: / In these, in…”
Every English word from Middle French martin
Today it means
noun Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French martin / martin