Etymology

abonnement

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Today it means: A subscription or season ticket in a French-speaking country or another country where abonnement is the local term. Full definition →

First used First attested in the late 19ᵗʰ century.French abonnement
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The story

  1. French · derived fromabonner“subscribe”
  2. French · borrowed fromabonnement
  3. English todayabonnement

Borrowed from French abonnement, from French abonner (“subscribe”).

First known use, by meaning

  • First attested in the late 19ᵗʰ century. A subscription or season ticket in a French-speaking country or another country where abonnement is the local term.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.