Gascon
pronunciation
How to pronounce Gascon in British English:
UK [ˈɡæskən]
How to pronounce Gascon in American English:
US [ˈɡæskən]
Word Origin
- Gascon
- "native of Gascony," late 14c., from Middle French Gascon, from Vulgar Latin *Wasco, from Latin Vasco, singular of Vascones, the name of the ancient inhabitants of the Pyrénées (see Basque). Among the French, proverbially a boastful people, hence gasconade (n.), "bragging talk" (1709).