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OP WO'N's post about vaudeville reminded me of:
matinee or matin=e
n.
Fr matin=e < matin, morning: see prec.6 a reception or entertainment held in the daytime; esp., a performance, as of a play, held in the afternoon
vaudeville - 1739, "light, popular song," especially one sung
on the stage, from Fr. vaudeville, alteration (by influence of
ville "town") of M.Fr. vaudevire, said to be from (chanson
du) Vau de Vire "(song of the) valley of Vire," in the
Calvados region of Normandy, first applied to the popular
satirical songs of Olivier Basselin, a 15c. poet who lived in
Vire. The other alternative is that vaudevire derives from
M.Fr. dialectal vauder "to go" + virer "to turn." The meaning
"theatrical entertainment interspersed with songs" first
recorded 1827.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Loanword from French? wwh 09/08/02 04:34 PM Re: Loanword from French? Wordwind 09/08/02 05:47 PM Re: Loanword from French? Wordwind 09/08/02 05:50 PM Re: Loanword from French? wwh 10/08/02 05:08 PM Re: Loanword from French? wwh 10/08/02 05:22 PM Re: Loanword from French? wwh 10/08/02 06:56 PM Re: This thread Faldage 10/08/02 07:00 PM Re: Loanword from French? wwh 10/08/02 07:34 PM Re: Loanword from French? wwh 10/08/02 10:25 PM
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