Etymology

laverock

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Today it means: lark (bird). Full definition →

Middle English laveroc ← Old English lāferce
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  1. Old English · inherited fromlāferce
  2. Middle English · inherited fromlaveroc
  3. English todaylaverock

From Middle English laveroc, laverke, from Old English lāferce, variant of older lāwerce, lǣwerce. More at lark.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.