Where does “locust” come from?

locust (Middle English) comes from Middle French locuste.

locust (Middle English): Alternative form of locuste

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of locuste

Ancestry of “locust”, step by step

locust traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French locuste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchlocuste

via Anglo-Norman locuste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanlocuste
Every word from Middle French locuste