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Where does “avoinée” come from?

avoinée (French) comes from French avoine, from Old French aveine, from Latin avena — oats; wild oats; straw.

avoinée (French): reprimand, reproach

Definitions

  1. reprimand, reproach

Ancestry of “avoinée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchavoineoats; punch
2Old Frenchaveine—
3Latinavenaoats; wild oats; straw
Every word from Latin avena →