Languedoc

Borrowed from French Languedoc, from langue d'oc (“the language of oc”), from Dante Alighieri’s De vulgari eloquentia, where he wrote in Latin: “nam alii oc, alii si, alii vero dicunt oil” (‘some say òc, others say sì, others say oïl’). Based on the Occitan [Term?] word òc (“yes”), in contrast to Old French oïl (now French oui).

Languedoc

1. A former province of France, in the south of the country.

Languedoc

1. Pertaining to the Occitan language: Provençal, related to Catalan.

• Ethnologue entry for Languedocien, lnc

Univerbation of the phrase langue d'oc (“the language of oc”), from Dante Alighieri’s De vulgari eloquentia, where he wrote in Latin: “nam alii oc, alii si, alii vero dicunt oil” (‘some say òc, others say sì, others say oïl’). Based on the Occitan [Term?] word òc (“yes”), in contrast to Old French oïl (now French oui).

Languedoc

1. Languedoc (a former province of France).

• langue d'oc
• Languedoc-Roussillon