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Where does “fauvette” come from?

fauvette (English) comes from French fauvette, from French fauve, from Middle French fauve, from Old French falve, from Late Latin falvus, from Frankish falu, from Proto-Germanic falwaz, from Proto-Indo-European polHwós — pale, gray.

fauvette (English): A small songbird, such as a nightingale or...

Definitions

  1. A small songbird, such as a nightingale or...

Ancestry of “fauvette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfauvettewarbler
2Frenchfauvetawny; savage, fierce; dangerous, wild
3Middle Frenchfauve—
4Old Frenchfalve—
5Late Latinfalvus—
6Frankishfalu—
7Proto-Germanicfalwazpale, gray, fallow
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpolHwóspale, gray
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpelH-pale, gray
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