English
seignorial
Seignorial comes from Old French *seignorial.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400*seignorialreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1919seignorial
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400*seignorialreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1919seignorial
Earliest quotation: 1919, Louise Seymour Houghton: “Instead of bales of cloth he saw there only…”
Every English word from Old French *seignorial
Today it means
adj In the Middle Ages, relating to or befitting of a nobleman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French *seignorial / seignorial