Etymology

avellane

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Today it means: In the form of four unhusked filberts. Full definition →

Italian avellana ← Latin Avella
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  1. Latin · derived fromAvella
  2. Italian · derived fromavellana“filbert”
  3. English todayavellane

From Italian avellana (“filbert”), from Latin Avella or Abella, a city of Campania.

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