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Where does “fawne” come from?

fawne (Middle English) comes from Old French faon, from Vulgar Latin fetonem, from Latin fētus, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

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Definitions

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Ancestry of “fawne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfaonfawn
2Vulgar Latinfetonem—
3Latinfētus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

Words derived from “fawne”

  • fawn
  • fawning
  • fawningly
  • fawnskin
  • fawner
  • fawnlike
  • fawny
  • fawnish
  • fawneth
  • fawnest
  • overfawn
  • fawningness
  • fawnling
  • outfawn
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