Etymology

chenier

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Today it means: An area of scrub oak growing in an accumulation of alluvial soil in a stream, creek, bayou, marsh or river. Full definition →

French chênière
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromchênière
  2. English todaychenier

From (Louisiana) French chênière, from chêne (“oak”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.