The story
- Dutch · derived fromwit zand
- French · borrowed fromWissant
- English todayWissant
From French Wissant, from Dutch wit zand (literally “white sand”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wissant
Today it means: A commune of Pas-de-Calais department, France. Full definition →
French Wissant ← Dutch wit zand