cygnet

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκύκνος“swan”
2. Latin · derived fromcygnus
3. Old French · derived fromcigne“swan”
4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcignet
5. Middle English · inherited fromcignet
6. English todaycygnet

From Middle English cignet, signet, from Anglo-Norman cignet, diminutive of Old French cigne (“swan”), from Latin cygnus, cycnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).

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