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Where does “grenouille” come from?

grenouille (Middle French) comes from Old French renoille, from Vulgar Latin ranucula, from Latin rāna, from Latin -ario — dative/ablative neuter singular of -ārium;...

Ancestry of “grenouille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchrenoille—
2Vulgar Latinranucula—
3Latinrāna—
4Latin-ariodative/ablative neuter singular of -ārium;...

Words derived from “grenouille”

  • grenouillère
  • grenouille
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