Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·French ·1770s
Genre
from genre
- Meaning
- A category of artistic work marked by shared form or content.
- Source word
- genre
- Route into English
- French *genre* (kind, type, from Latin *genus*) → English in the 18th century in art criticism, used specifically for scenes of everyday life, then broadened in the 20th century to any creative category.
- Arrived
- 1770s
From French
Beyond the Norman conquest's Old French foundation, English kept borrowing from French for art, cuisine, fashion, and diplomacy throughout the modern period.
English borrows.
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