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Where does “huître” come from?

huître (French) comes from Old French uistre, from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον — bivalve; oyster; purple pigment, probably that...

huître (French): oyster

Definitions

  1. oyster

Ancestry of “huître”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchuistre—
2Latinostreaoyster, mussel
3Ancient Greekὄστρεονbivalve; oyster; purple pigment, probably that...
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