English
rebound
Rebound comes from Old French rebondir.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400rebondir
- Englishearliest quotation 1697rebound
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400rebondir
- Englishearliest quotation 1697rebound
Earliest quotation: 1697, Virgil, Pastoral 6: “Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound, / And…”
Every English word from Old French rebondir
Today it means
noun The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French rebondir / rebound