Talk:autompne
Latest comment: 6 years ago by Metaknowledge in topic RFD discussion: October 2017–January 2018
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This word was defined as an Old French alternative to "automne". The problem is that this is completely false, and it never was a word in French, be it Old, Classic or Modern French.
As for the source: I'm a native french speaker and asked a linguist about this word. Last but not least, there are no uses of this word in french material...
- You can't use a source to show the nonexistence of a word. You can only use a source to show its existence. —Rua (mew) 22:52, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
- I am looking at several examples of "autompne" right now, but they are Middle French, not Old (late 15C and 16C). Mind you, there's not a lot of Old French in Google Books. I'll modify the entry to Middle French and add the citations. But the statement that "it never was a word in French, be it Old, Classic or Modern French" is not true. --Catsidhe (verba, facta) 00:28, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
- It's a matter of WT:RFVN. If it doesn't get attested, it gets removed. If it gets attested, there could be discussions about what it is (alternative form? misspelling? printing error? something to be labeled rare? ...). -80.133.101.161 08:56, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
- Kept as Middle French. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 01:46, 22 January 2018 (UTC)