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languedoc

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

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Borrowed from French Languedoc, from the univerbation of 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).

Languedocian

Languedoc-Roussillon

Occitan Occitania Occitanie

Languedocian

What does languedoc mean?: A former province of southern France; since 2016, part of the region of Occitania.
Where does languedoc come from?: Borrowed from French Languedoc, from the univerbation of 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).

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