Where does “clairière” come from?

clairière (French) comes from French clair, from Middle French cler, from Old French cler, from Latin clārus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

clairière (French): glade, clearing an area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees

Definitions

  1. glade, clearing an area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees

Ancestry of “clairière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchclairclear; light; clearly
2Middle Frenchclerbright, well-lit, not dark; clear
3Old Frenchclerbright, well-lit, not dark; clear
4Latinclārusclear, bright
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Latin clārus →Every word from Old French cler →