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Where does “génisse” come from?

génisse (French) comes from Old French genice, from Vulgar Latin ienicia, from Latin iunicia, from Latin iunix — a young cow, calf, heifer.

génisse (French): heifer

Definitions

  1. heifer

Ancestry of “génisse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgenice—
2Vulgar Latinienicia—
3Latiniunicia—
4Latiniunixa young cow, calf, heifer
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