Where does “aloe” come from?
aloe (Middle French) comes from Old French aloe, from Latin alauda, from Gaulish *alawda.
aloe (Middle French): lark
Ancestry of “aloe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | aloe | lark |
| 2 | Latin | alauda | A lark; the crested lark, the skylark |
| 3 | Gaulish | *alawda | — |