Where does “egretry” come from?
egretry (English) comes from English egret, 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-.
egretry (English): A egret colony
Definitions
- A egret colony
Ancestry of “egretry”, step by step
egretry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English egret
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | egret | Any of various wading birds of the genera... |
| 2 | French | aigrette | egret; pappus; crest |
| 3 | Old Occitan | aigreta | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | hairo | heron |
| 5 | Frankish | haigrō | — |
| 6 | Frankish | hraigrō | heron |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hraigrô | heron |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreik- | — |
via English ry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ry | A test pattern consisting of a repeating character string alternating letters R and Y, used to test five-level teleprinter and radioteletype (RTTY) systems |