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Where does “cormoran” come from?

cormoran (French) comes from Old French cormoran, from Medieval Latin [[corvus]] [[marīnus]].

cormoran (French): cormorant

Definitions

  1. cormorant

Ancestry of “cormoran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcormoran—
2Medieval Latin[[corvus]] [[marīnus]]—

Words derived from “cormoran”

  • kormoran
  • cormoran
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