huguenot

See also: Huguenot

French

Etymology

Of disputed origin, traditionally said to be from eiguenot, from Dutch eedgenot, from Alemannic German Eidgenoss, from German Eid (“oath”) + Genoss (“associate”) (from Proto-Germanic *ganautaz (“comrade”)), influenced by the name of Geneva burgomaster Besançon Hugues, or Huguenot itself being a diminutive of the name Hugues. More at huguenot.

Adjective

huguenot (feminine huguenote, masculine plural huguenots, feminine plural huguenotes)

1. Huguenot

Noun

huguenot m (plural huguenots)

1. Huguenot

Derived terms

• huguenoterie
• huguenotique
• huguenotisme

Descendants

• → Spanish: hugonote

Further reading

• “huguenot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• Brachet, A., An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language, translated by G.W. Kitchin, Oxford, 1882.