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Where does “alose” come from?

alose (Italian) comes from Italian alosa, from Latin alausa, from Gaulish alausa.

alose (Italian): plural of alosa

Definitions

  1. plural of alosa

Ancestry of “alose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianalosashad
2LatinalausaThe allis shad
3Gaulishalausa—
Every word from Gaulish alausa →