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Where does “sanglier” come from?

sanglier (English) comes from French sanglier, from Old French sengler, from Vulgar Latin singlaris, from Latin singulāris, from Latin singulus, from Proto-Italic sem-g-lo-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

sanglier (English): A full-grown wild boar

Definitions

  1. A full-grown wild boar

Ancestry of “sanglier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsanglierwild boar
2Old Frenchsenglerwild boar; sanglier
3Vulgar Latinsinglaris—
4Latinsingulāris—
5Latinsingulussingle; apiece; every
6Proto-Italicsem-g-lo-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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