Where does the word 'Bohemian' come from?

McGruff

Bohemia is a region of Czech Republic. The nomadic group called the Gypsies or Romany are called 'bohemiens' in French. This site explain how 'bohemian' came to describe the poor artists of Paris in the nineteenth century. http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/bohem/tdefine.html Mar 29 02, 3:59 PM

bpykh

The word is from French and was attributed to a life style similar to those of the gypsies (who were thought to originate from Bohemia) and later to an unconventional lifestyle. http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=Bohemian Mar 29 02, 4:01 PM

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