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Where does “clafoutis” come from?

clafoutis (French) comes from Old French claufir, from Latin clāvō, from Latin clāvus, from Proto-Italic klāwos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kleh₂w-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

clafoutis (French): clafoutis

Definitions

  1. clafoutis

Ancestry of “clafoutis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchclaufir—
2Latinclāvō—
3Latinclāvus—
4Proto-Italicklāwos—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kleh₂w-a hook, crook, peg
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “clafoutis”

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