Where does “egretă” come from?

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

egretă (Romanian): egret

Definitions

  1. egret

Ancestry of “egretă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaigretteegret; pappus; crest
2Old Occitanaigreta—
3Medieval Latinhairoheron
4Frankishhaigrō—
5Frankishhraigrōheron
6Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hraigrô →Every word from Frankish hraigrō →