Etymology

laurel

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Today it means: An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils. Full definition →

Middle English laurer ← Anglo-Norman lorer ← Old French lorier
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlaurus“laurel”
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*laurārius
  3. Old French · derived fromlorier
  4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromlorer
  5. Middle English · inherited fromlaurer
  6. English todaylaurel

Inherited from Middle English laurer, laurel, from Anglo-Norman lorer, from Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Doublet of loureiro.

Words from the same roots

Latinlaurus all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.