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Where does “souricière” come from?

souricière (French) comes from French souris, from Walloon soris, from Vulgar Latin soricem, from Latin sōricem.

souricière (French): mousetrap; trap

Definitions

  1. mousetrap; trap

Ancestry of “souricière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsourismouse; computer mouse; A part of a leg of lamb
2Walloonsorismouse
3Vulgar Latinsoricemaccusative singular of sōrex
4Latinsōricem—
Every word from Latin sōricem →