faraud
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed (1725) from Spanish faraute "presentor [who has nice clothes] introducing the beginning of a comedy (1611)", "war messenger (1646)", and "herald"; borrowed as haraute (the germanic h becomes f in Castilian, XVth) from Old French heraut, hiraut (modern héraut) from Frankish *heriwald evolution of Proto-Germanic *harjawaldaz, a compound consisting of Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”) + *h₂welh₁- (“to rule”). Compare Walter, which has these elements reversed.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
faraud (feminine faraude, masculine plural farauds, feminine plural faraudes)
Descendants edit
- Louisiana Creole: faraud
Further reading edit
- “faraud”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Louisiana Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French faraud (“proudly dressed”).
Verb edit
faraud
References edit
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales