Gascogne
/ɡæsˈkoʊn/noun
A historical region in southwestern France, known in English as Gascony.
Did you know?Gascogne comes through Latin and Old French from the name of the Vascones, the people ancient Romans associated with the Basques, so a modern region name still carries an ethnonym from the Roman world.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Rome
Latin
Vascones
“The Vascones, an ancient people of the western Pyrenees”
Late Latin
Latin
Vasconia
“The land of the Vascones”
Old French
Old French
Gascoigne
“Gascony, the region in southwestern France”
Middle English
English
Gascoyne
“Gascony; also used for people or things from Gascony”
Modern English
English
Gascony / Gascogne
“The historical region in southwestern France”