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Where does “clapoir” come from?

clapoir (Old French) comes from Old French clapier, from Old Occitan clapier, from Old Occitan clap, from Medieval Latin claperius.

clapoir (Old French): bubo, inflammation from infection

Definitions

  1. bubo, inflammation from infection

Ancestry of “clapoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchclapierbrothel
2Old Occitanclapierrabbit hutch
3Old Occitanclapheap of stones
4Medieval Latinclaperius—
Every word from Medieval Latin claperius →