Etymology

Cro-Magnon

Today it means: The earliest known form of modern human (Homo sapiens) in Europe, dating from the late Paleolithic. Full definition →

French Cro-Magnon ← Occitan Cròs-Manhon
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  1. Occitan · derived fromCròs-Manhon
  2. French · borrowed fromCro-Magnon
  3. English todayCro-Magnon

From French Cro-Magnon, from Occitan Cròs-Manhon. Named after Abri de Cro-Magnon, a rock shelter in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Dordogne, France, where the first skeletons were found in 1868.

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