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Where does “hiver” come from?

hiver (French) comes from Middle French hyver, from Old French iver, from Latin hībernum, from Latin hībernus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰey- — winter.

hiver (French): winter

Definitions

  1. winter

Ancestry of “hiver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchhyverwinter
2Old FrenchiverAlternative form of yver
3Latinhībernum—
4Latinhībernus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰey-winter
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