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Where does “chough” come from?

chough (English) comes from Middle English choughe, from Old English ċēo — a bird of the genus "Corvus", a jay, crow,...

chough (English): Either of two species of bird of the genus...

Definitions

  1. Either of two species of bird of the genus...

Ancestry of “chough”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishchoughe—
2Old Englishċēoa bird of the genus "Corvus", a jay, crow,...
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