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Where does “bergeret” come from?

bergeret (English) comes from Old French bergerete, from French berger, from Old French bergier, from Latin vervecārius, from Latin vervēx, from Proto-Indo-European wr̥h₁ḗn — lamb in general, or more probably only the male,...

bergeret (English): A pastoral song

Definitions

  1. A pastoral song

Ancestry of “bergeret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbergerete—
2Frenchbergershepherd
3Old Frenchbergiershepherd
4Latinvervecārius—
5Latinvervēx—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwr̥h₁ḗnlamb in general, or more probably only the male,...
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