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Where does “cormoran” come from?

cormoran (Romanian) comes from French cormoran, from Old French cormoran, from Medieval Latin [[corvus]] [[marīnus]].

cormoran (Romanian): cormorant

Definitions

  1. cormorant

Ancestry of “cormoran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcormorancormorant
2Old Frenchcormoran—
3Medieval Latin[[corvus]] [[marīnus]]—
Every word from Medieval Latin [[corvus]] [[marīnus]] →