Where does “alouaette” come from?

alouaette (Norman) comes from Old French aloëte, from Old French aloe, from Latin alauda, from Gaulish *alawda — A skylark.

alouaette (Norman): skylark

Definitions

  1. skylark

Ancestry of “alouaette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchaloëteAlternative form of aloete
2Old Frenchaloelark
3LatinalaudaA lark; the crested lark, the skylark
4Gaulish*alawdaA skylark
Every word from Gaulish *alawda →Every word from Latin alauda →Every word from Old French aloe →
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