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Where does “aloe” come from?
aloe (Old French) comes from Latin alauda, from Gaulish *alawda — A skylark.
aloe
(Old French): lark
Definitions
lark
Ancestry of “aloe”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
alauda
A lark; the crested lark, the skylark
2
Gaulish
*alawda
A skylark
Words derived from “aloe”
aloe
aloëte
alouette
alouaette
alouette
ålouwete
alwetta
pied-d'alouette
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