Where does “lévrier” come from?

lévrier (French) comes from Old French levrer, from Latin canem leporarium, from Latin lepus — a hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the...

lévrier (French): sighthound; greyhound

Definitions

  1. sighthound; greyhound

Ancestry of “lévrier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlevrerdog type of dog is uncertain or may vary
2Latincanem leporarium—
3Latinlepusa hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the...

Words derived from “lévrier”

Every word from Latin lepus →Every word from Latin canem leporarium →Every word from Old French levrer →