Where does “lapin de gouttière” come from?

lapin de gouttière (French) comes from French gouttière, from French goutte, from Middle French goutte, from Old French gote, from Latin gutta — a drop; spots or specks; a small ornament under...

lapin de gouttière (French): gutter rabbit; cat meat

Definitions

  1. gutter rabbit; cat meat

Ancestry of “lapin de gouttière”, step by step

lapin de gouttière traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French gouttière

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgouttièregutter, eavestrough; drainpipe; mouthguard
2Frenchgouttedroplet; goutte; gout
3Middle Frenchgouttegoutte (droplike shape)
4Old Frenchgotedrop
5Latinguttaa drop; spots or specks; a small ornament under...

via French lapin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlapinrabbit
2Middle Frenchlapinrabbit

Words derived from “lapin de gouttière”

Every word from Latin gutta →Every word from Old French gote →Every word from Middle French goutte →