Etymology

agriot

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Today it means: Synonym of sour cherry. Full definition →

French aigrette ← Old French agriote
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromagriote“sour cherry”
  2. French · borrowed fromaigrette
  3. English todayagriot

From French aigrette, griotte, formerly Old French agriote (“sour cherry”). Compare aigre (“sour”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchaigrette all →

aigrette

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