Languedoc

Meaning

Name

A former province of southern France; since 2016, part of the region of Occitania.

Adj

Pertaining to the Occitan language: Provençal, related to Catalan.

Translations

Languedoc

Llenguadoc

Lengadòc

لانغيدوك

Languedoc

Languedoc

Linguadoca

Languedoc

Languedoc

Etymology

Cognate with Old French: oil

Cognate with French: oui

In summary

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).