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Where does “sturjoun” come from?

sturjoun (Middle English) comes from Old French estorjoun, from Frankish sturjō, from Proto-Germanic sturjô — sturgeon.

Ancestry of “sturjoun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchestorjounsturgeon
2Frankishsturjōsturgeon
3Proto-Germanicsturjôsturgeon

Words derived from “sturjoun”

  • sturgeon
  • sturgeonlike
  • stutchun
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