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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

  1. A egret colony

Ancestry of “egretry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishegretAny of various wading birds of the genera...
2Frenchaigretteegret; pappus; crest
3Old Occitanaigreta—
4Medieval Latinhairoheron
5Frankishhaigrō—
6Frankishhraigrōheron
7Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—
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