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Where does “levriero” come from?

levriero (Italian) comes from French lévrier, from Old French levrer, from Latin canem leporarium, from Latin lepus — a hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the...

levriero (Italian): greyhound

Definitions

  1. greyhound

Ancestry of “levriero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlévriersighthound; greyhound
2Old Frenchlevrer—
3Latincanem leporarium—
4Latinlepusa hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the...
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