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Where does “aigreta” come from?

aigreta (Old Occitan) comes from Medieval Latin hairo, from Frankish haigrō, from Frankish hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

Ancestry of “aigreta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinhairoheron
2Frankishhaigrō—
3Frankishhraigrōheron
4Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—

Words derived from “aigreta”

  • egret
  • aigrette
  • egretlike
  • egretry
  • egriot
  • aigrette
  • Egretta
  • aigrette
  • egret
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