Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Languedoc
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
See also: langue d'oc
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French Languedoc, from langue d'oc (“the language of oc”), from Dante Alighieri’s De vulgari eloquentia, where he wrote in Latin: “nam alii oc, alii si, alii vero dicunt oil” (‘some say òc, others say sì, others say oïl’). Based on the Occitan word òc (“yes”), in contrast to Old French oïl (now French oui).
Proper noun
Languedoc
Translations
French province
|
Adjective
Languedoc
See also
Remove ads
French
Etymology
Univerbation of the phrase langue d'oc (“the language of oc”), from Dante Alighieri’s De vulgari eloquentia, where he wrote in Latin: “nam alii oc, alii si, alii vero dicunt oil” (‘some say òc, others say sì, others say oïl’). Based on the Occitan word òc (“yes”), in contrast to Old French oïl (now French oui).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Languedoc m
See also
Remove ads
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads