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Where does “vèv” come from?
vèv (Haitian Creole) comes from French veuve, from Old French vaüve.
vèv
(Haitian Creole): widow
Definitions
widow
Ancestry of “vèv”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
French
veuve
widow
2
Old French
vaüve
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