Etymograph

English

princesse

Princesse comes from French princesse ‘princess’, and goes back to Latin prīnceps.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprīnceps
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400prince
  3. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400princesse‘princess’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘princess’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprīnceps
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400prince
  3. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400princesse‘princess’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘princess’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

Earliest quotation: 2019, Kristina Seleshanko, Edwardian Fashions: “The princesse style still reigns supreme, but the modified…”

Linked words

through Latin prīnceps

principle, principia, 8 more

Today it means

adj Being or relating to a princesse dress.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin prīnceps / princesse

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