The story
- French · borrowed fromNotre Dame
- English todayNotre Dame
From French Notre Dame (literally, “Our Lady”, a title of Mary, mother of Jesus; now hyphenated as Notre-Dame). The university was named by its founder, the French-born Catholic priest Edward Sorin. The place was named after the university.
Words from the same roots
FrenchNotre Dame all →
School Sister of Notre Dame
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.