Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleLa néologie expressive et onomatopéique dans l’étymologie du français.AuthorsQuentel, GillesAbstractIt is generally well-accepted that, in every language, a significant amount of unknown etymologies can be explained by the means of “echoism”, which states that a historically unexplained word can be of onomatopoeic origins.SubjectsNEW words; ONOMATOPOEIA; FRENCH etymology; HISTORICAL linguistics; VOCABULARY; LANGUAGE &; historyPublicationRevue Romane, 2011, Vol 46, Issue 1, p89ISSN0035-3906Publication typeArticleDOI10.1075/rro.46.1.04que