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Where does “lornetti” come from?

lornetti (Finnish) comes from French lorgnette, from French lorgner — to ogle; to leer; to covet.

lornetti (Finnish): a lorgnette

Definitions

  1. a lorgnette

Ancestry of “lornetti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlorgnettelorgnette
2Frenchlorgnerto ogle; to leer; to covet
Every word from French lorgner →