Etymology

swiss

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Today it means: Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people. Full definition →

Middle French Suisse
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  1. Middle French · derived fromSuisse
  2. English todaySwiss

Adopted from Middle French Suisse in circa 1515, alongside the form Switzer directly loaned from German.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.