Words from Old Occitan
6 words in Curio passed through Old Occitan on their way into English.
About Old Occitan
Earliest form of the Occitano-Romance languages · an earlier stage of a language still spoken today
Where
Occitania, the Crown of Aragon, Navarre and Piedmont
When
Speakers
No reliable count
No census of its speakers exists.
Family path
- Old Occitan
- Old FrenchOccitanFrench
- English
Where it came from
Old Occitan was the earliest form of the Occitano-Romance languages, attested in writings from the 8th to the 14th centuries. The word occitanus only appeared around 1300, so medieval texts call the language "Romance" (romans) or "Provençal" (proensals). The term generally covers Early and Old Occitan, and sometimes Middle Occitan as well.
Source: Wikipedia
Family
Languages that grew out of Old Occitan: Occitan.
The words, A to Z
- fig
This small sweet fruit carries a name that may stretch back to a Phoenician word for ripeness itself.
- flute
This slender instrument's name might be a mashup of two other instruments, or just the sound of breath itself.
- lute
This word for a pear-shaped, plucked instrument carries the ghost of the word 'wood' inside it.
- mascot
The lucky charm at your team's side once summoned darker forces than good luck.
- rampart
A word that literally means 'to prepare again' — because a fortress wall is defense you built twice over.
- terrace
A flat step carved into land takes its name from the ground itself.