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French Language, Literature, and Culture

A guide to French language, literature and culture resources in UVic Libraries

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Most of our French etymological resources can be found under the Subject Headings French language--Etymology--Dictionaries in Voyager.

Etymological Dictionaries

Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française, et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle; composé d'après le dépouillement de tous les plus importants documents, manuscrits ou imprimés by Godefroy, Frédéric, 1826-1897
Call Number: REF PC2889 G6 1961
You can also browse this resource at Gallica: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k50640
Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue française by Oscar Bloch, Walther von Wartburg
Call Number: REF PC2580 B55 2008
Dictionnaire historique de la langue française by Alain Rey
Call Number: REF PC2580 D5 2012
Dictionnaire de la langue franćaise, contenant la nomenclature, la grammaire, la signification des mots, la partie historique, l'étymologie by Littré, Emile, 1801-1881
Call Number: REF PC2625 L6 1882
Simply known as the "Littré," this classic can also be found online at https://www.littre.org/
Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [FEW]: eine Darstellung des gallo-romanischen Sprachschatzes by Walther v. Wartburg
Call Number: REF PC2580 W3
An essential resource in the study of Gallo-Romance languages.

Online Resources

Gallica (BnF) Etymological Resources
A collection of resources scanned and made freely available by the The Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Trésor de la Langue Française informatisé [TLFi]
A free etymological resource for the French language

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