Where does “egret” come from?
egret (English) comes from French aigrette, from Old Occitan aigreta, from Medieval Latin hairo, from Frankish haigrō, from Frankish hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.
egret (English): Any of various wading birds of the genera...
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- Any of various wading birds of the genera...
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