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Where does “gascon” come from?

gascon (English) comes from Middle English Gascoyne, from Middle French gascon, from Old French gascon, from Latin vascōnem.

Ancestry of “gascon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishGascoyne—
2Middle Frenchgascon—
3Old FrenchgasconGascon
4Latinvascōnem—
Every word from Latin vascōnem →