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Where does “palefroi” come from?

palefroi (French) comes from Old French palefreid, from Latin palefredus, from Latin paraverēdus, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos.

palefroi (French): palfrey

Definitions

  1. palfrey

Ancestry of “palefroi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpalefreid—
2Latinpalefredus—
3Latinparaverēdus—
4Ancient Greekπαρά
5Latinverēdus—
6Gaulishwerēdoshorse
7Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—
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