The story
- Occitan · derived fromniçard
- French · borrowed fromnissard
- English todayNissard
From French nissard, from Occitan niçard. Compare Italian nizzardo.
First known use, by meaning
- from 18th c. A native or inhabitant of Nice.
- from 19th c. The Niçois dialect.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.