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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 Frenchlevrer—
2Latincanem leporarium—
3Latinlepusa hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the...

Words derived from “lévrier”

  • lebrel
  • levriero
  • levrette
  • llebrer
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