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Where does “palefreid” come from?

palefreid (Old French) comes from Latin palefredus, from Latin paraverēdus, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos.

Ancestry of “palefreid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalefredus—
2Latinparaverēdus—
3Ancient Greekπαρά
4Latinverēdus—
5Gaulishwerēdoshorse
6Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—
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