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Where does “avaine” come from?

avaine (Middle French) comes from Old French aveine, from Latin avena — oats; wild oats; straw.

avaine (Middle French): oat

Definitions

  1. oat

Ancestry of “avaine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchaveine—
2Latinavenaoats; wild oats; straw
Every word from Latin avena →