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

cormoran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French cormoran

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

via Latin corvus marinus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincorvus marinussea craw

Words derived from “cormoran”

Every word from Medieval Latin [[corvus]] [[marīnus]] →Every word from Old French cormoran →