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Where does “Dufresne” come from?

Dufresne (French) comes from French frêne, from Middle French fresne, from Old French fraisne, from Latin fraxinus, from Proto-Italic fraksinos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos — birch.

Ancestry of “Dufresne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfrêneash tree
2Middle Frenchfresneash tree
3Old FrenchfraisneAlternative form of fresne
4Latinfraxinusan ash tree; an ashen spear or javelin; of ash...
5Proto-Italicfraksinos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch
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