Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “lievre” come from?

lievre (Old French) comes from Latin lepus — a hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the...

Ancestry of “lievre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlepusa hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the...

Words derived from “lievre”

  • leveret
  • lebrel
  • levriero
  • levreau
  • lièvre
  • lévrier
  • levrette
  • llebrer
  • lièvre
  • lievre
Every word from Latin lepus →