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Where does “lièvre” come from?

lièvre (French) comes from Middle French lievre, from Old French lievre, from Latin lepus — a hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the...

lièvre (French): hare

Definitions

  1. hare

Ancestry of “lièvre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchlievrehare
2Old Frenchlievre—
3Latinlepusa hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the...

Words derived from “lièvre”

  • lebrel
  • levriero
  • levreau
  • lévrier
  • levrette
  • llebrer
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