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Where does “bouquin” come from?

bouquin (Middle French) comes from Latin bucca — the lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...

bouquin (Middle French): mouth of a hunting horn

Definitions

  1. mouth of a hunting horn

Ancestry of “bouquin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbuccathe lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...
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