Where does “alouette” come from?
alouette (Norman) comes from Old French aloëte, from Old French aloe, from Latin alauda, from Gaulish *alawda.
alouette (Norman): skylark
Ancestry of “alouette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | aloëte | Alternative form of aloete |
| 2 | Old French | aloe | lark |
| 3 | Latin | alauda | A lark; the crested lark, the skylark |
| 4 | Gaulish | *alawda | — |