Etymology

eagle

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Today it means: Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision. Full definition →

Middle English egle ← Anglo-Norman egle ← Old French aigle
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eagle · noun, verb1

  1. Latin · derived fromaquila
  2. Old French · derived fromaigle
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromegle
  4. Middle English · inherited fromegle
  5. English todayeagle

From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne.

Eagle · proper noun, proper noun, noun2

  1. Old English · derived fromāc“oak”
  2. Latin · derived fromaquila
  3. English todayEagle

* As an English surname, from the noun eagle. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from L'Aigle in Orne, first attested in 1055 and from Latin aquila, itself meaning "eagle." * Also translated from names in other languages meaning "eagle," such as German Adler, Polish Orzeł, Orzel, Slovene Orel, Lakota waŋbli (compare Eagleman, Redeagle, Whiteeagle). * The name of the English village is believed to be from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah: compare with Acle.

Words from the same roots

Latinaquila all →

Aquila

Old Englishāc all →

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