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Where does “estrieu” come from?

estrieu (Old French) comes from French étrier, from Middle French estrier, from Old French estrief, from Frankish streup, from Frankish stigareip — stirrup.

Ancestry of “estrieu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchétrierstirrup; stirrup bone, stapes; étrier , stirrup
2Middle Frenchestrierstirrup
3Old Frenchestrief—
4Frankishstreupbuckle, stirrup
5Frankishstigareipstirrup

Words derived from “estrieu”

  • étrivière
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