Where does “vautour” come from?

vautour (French) comes from Old French voltur, from Vulgar Latin vultor, from Latin Vultur — vulture.

vautour (French): vulture; shark, vulture

Definitions

  1. vulture; shark, vulture

Ancestry of “vautour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvoltur—
2Vulgar Latinvultor—
3LatinVulturvulture
Every word from Latin Vultur →Every word from Vulgar Latin vultor →Every word from Old French voltur →
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