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Where does “Cro-Magnon” come from?

Cro-Magnon (English) comes from French Cro-Magnon, from Occitan Cròs-Manhon.

Cro-Magnon (English): The earliest known form of modern human in...

Definitions

  1. The earliest known form of modern human in...

Ancestry of “Cro-Magnon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchCro-MagnonEllipsis of homme de Cro-Magnon: Cro-Magnon, a...
2OccitanCròs-Manhon—
Every word from Occitan Cròs-Manhon →